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Causes of Hearing loss



This section discusses 250 medical conditions causing Hearing loss. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Hearing loss:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Hearing loss. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Hearing loss listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Hearing loss as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Hearing loss:

The following list of conditions have 'Hearing loss' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 3- ... hearing loss

    A

  • Abidi X-linked mental retardation syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Acoustic neuroma ... hearing loss
  • Acrocephalosyndactyly Syndrome type 5 ... hearing loss
  • Acrocephalosyndactyly type 5 (ACPS 5) ... hearing loss
  • Acrosphenosyndactylia ... hearing loss
  • Acute sensorineural hearing loss by acute acoustic trauma or sudden deafness or surgery induced acoustic trauma ... hearing loss
  • Aging ... hearing loss
  • Alopecia mental retardation syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Apert syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Arthrogryposis-like hand anomaly - sensorineural deafness ... hearing loss
  • ARTS syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Auralcephalosyndactyly ... hearing loss
  • Autosomal Dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth with hearing loss ... hearing loss

    B

  • Bagatelle-Cassidy syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Barotitis Media ... hearing loss
  • Barotrauma ... hearing loss
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... Hearing loss
  • Biotinidase deficiency ... hearing loss
  • BOR syndrome ... hearing loss
  • BOR-Duane hydrocephalus contiguous gene syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Boudhina-Yedes-Khiari syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Brachydactyly - dwarfism - mental retardation ... hearing loss
  • Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome, type 2 ... hearing loss
  • Branchiootic syndrome 2 ... hearing loss
  • Branchiootic syndrome 3 ... hearing loss

    C

  • Canavan disease ... hearing loss
  • Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder ... hearing loss
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromates ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 1, deletion q21 q25 ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1p22 p13 ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 17 trisomy mosaicism ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 18, deletion 18q23 ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 22q11.2 microduplication ... hearing loss
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q13 2 q25 ... hearing loss
  • CMV antenatal infection ... hearing loss
  • Coats Disease ... hearing loss
  • Colobomatous microphthalmia - heart disease - hearing loss ... hearing loss
  • Congenital cytomegalovirus ... hearing loss
  • Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... hearing loss
  • Cornelia de Lange Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Craniosynostosis Maroteaux Fonfria type ... hearing loss

    D

  • Davenport-Donlan syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Deafness hypogonadism syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Deafness, autosomal recessive 72 ... hearing loss
  • Deafness, genetic, nonsyndromic ... hearing loss
  • Del(1) (23-q25) ... hearing loss
  • Dentinogenesis imperfecta - short stature - hearing loss - mental retardation ... hearing loss
  • Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, mitochondrial form ... hearing loss
  • DIDMOAD Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... hearing loss
  • Diffuse leiomyomatosis with Alport syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Disorder of Cornification 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) ... hearing loss
  • DOC 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) ... hearing loss
  • Duane-radial ray syndrome ... hearing loss

    E

  • Ear wax ... hearing loss
  • Emanuel syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Epilepsy, partial, familial ... hearing disturbance
  • Epstein (C.J.) syndrome ... hearing loss

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... hearing loss
  • Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E ... hearing loss
  • Fetal methylmercury syndrome ... hearing loss

    G

  • GM2-gangliosidosis, AB variant ... hearing loss
  • Goldberg syndrome ... hearing loss

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Hearing Impairment ... hearing loss
  • Hereditary hearing loss ... hearing loss
  • Herpes zoster oticus ... hearing loss
  • Hunter-MacDonald syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Hunter-Mcdonald syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Hypobetalipoproteinaemia - ataxia - hearing loss ... hearing loss

    I

  • Ichythosiform Erythroderma with Leukocyte Vacuolation ... hearing loss

    J

  • Jacobsen syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Jequier-Deonna Syndrome ... hearing loss

    K

  • Kearns-Sayre Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Klippel Feil deformity conductive deafness absent vagina ... hearing loss
  • Kniest dysplasia ... hearing loss

    L

  • Labrynthitis ... hearing loss
  • Lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome ... hearing loss
  • LADD Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Lead poisoning ... hearing loss, hearing defects
  • Lobstein disease ... hearing loss

    M

  • Mandibuloacral dysplasia ... hearing loss
  • Mandibuloacral dysplasia with type A lipodystrophy ... hearing loss
  • Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Treacher Collins type, autosomal recessive ... hearing loss
  • May-White syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser, syndrome, type 2 (MRKH type 2) ... hearing loss
  • Melnick-Fraser syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Mental mixed retardation - deafness - clubbed digits ... hearing loss
  • Mental mixed retardation deafnes clubbed digits ... hearing loss
  • Mercury poisoning ... Hearing loss
  • Middle ear infection ... Hearing loss
  • Mitochondrial diseases, clinically indefinite ... hearing loss
  • Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Mondini Dysplasia ... hearing loss
  • Morquio syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Morquio syndrome, type B ... hearing loss
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- mild form ... hearing loss, adult hearing loss
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- severe form ... hearing loss
  • Mullerian Aplasia - Renal Aplasia - Cervicothoracic Somite Dysplasia ... hearing loss
  • Multiple carboxylase deficiency, propionic acidemia ... hearing loss
  • MURCS Association ... hearing loss
  • Myoclonus with epilepsy with ragged red fibers ... hearing loss

    N

  • Neurofibromatosis-2 ... hearing loss
  • Neuropathy - ataxia - retinitis pigmentosa ... hearing loss
  • Neuropathy ataxia and retinis pigmentosa ... hearing loss
  • Nievergelt syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss ... Hearing loss
  • Nonsyndromic deafness ... complete hearing loss at birth

    O

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... hearing loss
  • Osteopathia striata, cranial sclerosis ... hearing difficulties
  • Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 1 ... hearing loss
  • Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 ... hearing loss

    P

  • Paget's disease of bone ... hearing loss
  • Paget's disease, type 1 ... hearing loss
  • Paget's disease, type 4 ... hearing loss
  • Paraganglioma ... hearing loss
  • Pfeiffer syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Pfeiffer Syndrome Type I ... hearing loss
  • Plant poisoning - Lobeline ... hearing disturbance
  • Presbycusis ... Hearing loss
  • Ptosis - coloboma - trigonocephaly ... hearing loss

    R

  • Renal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia ... hearing loss
  • Richards-Rundle syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Rosenberg-Chutorian Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Rowley syndrome ... hearing loss

    S

  • Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, chromosome 7 p15.3p21.3 ... hearing loss
  • Sanfilippo syndrome type A ... hearing loss
  • Sanfilippo syndrome type B ... hearing loss
  • SCHAD deficiency ... hearing loss
  • Schaefer-Stein-Oshman syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis ... hearing loss
  • Soto's Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 3 ... hearing loss
  • Steinfeld syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system ... hearing loss
  • Syphilis ... hearing damage if untreated

    T

  • Thies Reis syndrome ... hearing loss
  • TORCH Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Triglyceride storage disease with impaired long-chain fatty acid oxidation ... hearing loss
  • Type 10 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency ... hearing loss

    U

  • Upper limb defect eye and ear abnormalities ... hearing loss
  • Usher Syndrome Type 1 ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher Syndrome Type 3 ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 1B ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 1C ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 1D ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 1E ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 1F ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 2A ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 2B ... Hearing difficulties
  • Usher syndrome, type 2C ... Hearing difficulties

    V

  • Van Buchem disease type 2 ... Hearing difficulties
  • Verloes Gillerot Fryns syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Verloes-David Syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Vestibulocochlear dysfunction progressive familial ... Hearing loss
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Vohwinkel syndrome ... Hearing difficulties

    W

  • Waardenburg syndrome ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg syndrome type 2 ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg syndrome type 2A ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg syndrome type 2B ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg syndrome, type 3 ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg syndrome, type 4 ... Hearing loss
  • Waardenburg type 1 ... Hearing loss
  • Wagner-Stickler Syndrome ... hearing loss
  • Watson syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... Hearing difficulties, hearing loss
  • Wildervanck syndrome 3 ... hearing loss
  • Wilkes Stevenson syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Willems De vries syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Wittwer sydnrome ... Hearing loss
  • Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Wolfram Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... hearing loss
  • Wolfram's disease ... Hearing difficulties
  • Woodhouse Sakati syndrome ... Hearing difficulties
  • Wright dick syndrome ... hearing loss

    X

  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 2 ... hearing loss

    Y

  • Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome ... Hearing difficulties, Hearing loss

    Z

  • Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome ... Hearing loss
  • Zunich-Kaye syndrome ... hearing loss

    Conditions listing medical complications: Hearing loss:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Hearing loss' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    C

  • Cholesteatoma ... hearing loss

    F

  • Fungal meningitis ... hearing loss

    G

  • Glue ear ... hearing loss

    H

  • Hydrocephalus ... hearing loss

    M

  • Meningococcal disease ... hearing loss

    O

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta ... hearing loss
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... hearing loss
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... hearing loss
  • Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 ... hearing loss

    P

  • Presbycusis ... Hearing loss

    R

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... hearing loss

    S

  • Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type ... hearing loss

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... hearing loss

    More Information About Hearing loss

    List of 250 causes of Hearing loss

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Hearing loss in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Hearing loss

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Hearing loss as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 96 drug side effect causes of Hearing loss]

    Drug interaction causes of Hearing loss:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Hearing loss.

    • Quinidine and Cimetidine interaction
    • Quinidine and Fluvoxamine interaction
    • Bumetanide and aminoglycoside antibiotic interaction
    • Bumex and aminoglycoside antibiotic interaction
    • Burinex and aminoglycoside antibiotic interaction
    [See detailed list of 26 drug interaction causes of Hearing loss]

    Medical Textbooks about Hearing loss

    Free online access to excerptswithout registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Hearing loss. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Hearing loss (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
    • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
    • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
    • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

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