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Deafness

Sensorineural (Inner Ear)

Aging
Prolonged exposure to loud noise
Drugs
   Salicylates
   Aminoglycoside antibiotics (especially neomycin, amikacin)
   Furosemide, ethacrynic acid
   Quinine
   Cisplatin
Infection
   Meningitis
   Chronic middle or inner ear infection
   Cholesteatoma
   Labyrinthitis
       Bacterial
       Viral (e.g., mumps)
       Syphilis (usually congenital)
   Herpes zoster oticus
Autoimmune disease (e.g., polyarteritis nodosa, Cogan's syndrome)
Ménière's disease
Fractures of temporal bone
Cochlear otosclerosis
Tumor of eighth nerve or cerebellopontine angle (especially acoustic neuroma)
Eighth nerve infarction
Multiple sclerosis
Hereditary or congenital causes (e.g., congenital rubella, Alport's syndrome)
Any central auditory pathway lesion (e.g., small strokes, multiple sclerosis)

Conductive

Cerumen impaction and foreign bodies
Otosclerosis
Chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma
Trauma (including temporal bone fracture, bleeding into
middle ear)
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Neoplasm

References

1. Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium, p. 247. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Wazen JJ: Dizziness and Hearing Loss, p. 80. See Bibliography, 2.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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