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Diseases » Pendred syndrome » Causes

Causes of Pendred syndrome

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Pendred syndrome Causes: Book Excerpts

Principal Causes of Hearing Loss and Deafness - Hearing Loss and Deafness

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Hearing Loss and Deafness: Principal Causes of Hearing Loss and Deafness
(The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)

Conductivehearing loss
1. Externalauditory canal disorders
  1. Atresia of external auditory canal
  2. Impacted cerumen
  3. Otitis externa
  4. Exostosis
  5. Masses
2. Middle ear disorders
  1. Acuteand chronic otitis media
  2. Otitis media with effusion
  3. Tympanic membrane perforation
  4. Hemotympanum
  5. Tympanosclerosis
  6. Ossicular chain defect, disruption,or fixation
  7. Cholesteatoma and other middle earmasses
Sensorineural hearing loss
1. Sensorineuralhearing loss without associated abnormalities
2. Sensorineural hearing loss with associatedabnormalities
3. Chromosomal disorders
4. Inner ear malformations
  1. Labyrinthineaplasia
  2. Common cavity malformation
  3. Cochlear malformations
  4. Large vestibular aqueduct
5. Prematurity
6. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
7. Bilirubin encephalopathy (kernicterus)
8. Infection
9. Trauma
10. Drugs
11. Perilymph fistula
12. Neoplasm
13. Ménière disease
14. Unknown
Mixed hearing loss