Common causes of Hearing loss

Causes of Hearing loss that are very common

The following causes of Hearing loss are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Allergic rhinitis
• Common cold
• Hearing Impairment - hearing loss
• Otosclerosis
• Presbycusis - Hearing loss

Causes of Hearing loss that are common

The following causes of Hearing loss are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Middle ear infection - Hearing loss
• Otitis media
• Paget's disease of bone - hearing loss

Causes of Hearing loss that are uncommon

The following causes of Hearing loss are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Down syndrome
• Wegener's granulomatosis - hearing loss

Causes of Hearing loss that are rare

The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that affects 200,000 people or less. The following causes of Hearing loss appear in the population at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Canavan disease - hearing loss
• Fabry's Disease - hearing loss
• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome - hearing loss
• Klippel-Feil syndrome
• Soto's Syndrome - hearing loss

Causes of Hearing loss that are very rare

The following causes of Hearing loss appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Hydrocephalus - hearing loss
• Meningococcal disease - hearing loss
• Mèniére's disease
• Osteogenesis imperfecta - hearing loss
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever - hearing loss
• Skull fracture
• Syphilis - hearing damage if untreated

Causes of Hearing loss without any prevalence information

The following causes of Hearing loss are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• 3- - hearing loss
• ABCD syndrome
• 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
• Adenoid hypertrophy
• Aging - hearing loss
• Allergic rhinitis
• Alopecia mental retardation syndrome - hearing loss
• Apert syndrome - hearing loss
• Arias oculootoradial syndrome
• Arthrogryposis-like hand anomaly - sensorineural deafness - hearing loss
• ARTS syndrome - hearing loss
• Athabaskan brain stem dysgenesis
• Aural polyps
• Auralcephalosyndactyly - hearing loss
• Autosomal Dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth with hearing loss - hearing loss
• Bagatelle-Cassidy syndrome - hearing loss
• Barotitis Media - hearing loss
• Barotrauma - hearing loss
• Basilar artery migraine
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo - Hearing loss
• Biotinidase deficiency - hearing loss
• Biotinidase deficiency, late onset - hearing loss
• Blau syndrome
• 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
• Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome - hearing loss
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder - hearing loss
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Hoffmann syndrome, X-linked type 2
• Chemical poisoning - Bromates - hearing loss
• Cholesteatoma - 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
• Colobomatous microphthalmia - heart disease - hearing loss - hearing loss
• Common cold
• Congenital cytomegalovirus - hearing loss
• Congenital hearing loss
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis - hearing loss
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome - hearing loss
• Craniosynostosis Maroteaux Fonfria type - hearing loss
• Cyst
• Cytomegalovirus - Teratogenic Agent - hearing loss
• Davenport-Donlan syndrome - hearing loss
• Deafness hypogonadism syndrome - hearing loss
• Deafness mixed with perilymphatic Gusher, X-linked - hearing loss
• Deafness, autosomal recessive 72 - hearing loss
• Deafness, Conductive with Stapes Fixation - hearing loss
• Deafness, genetic, nonsyndromic - hearing loss
• Deafness, X-Linked 1 - congenital hearing loss
• Deafness, X-Linked 2 - hearing loss
• Deafness, X-Linked 2, Sensorineural Congenital - congenital hearing loss
• Deafness, X-Linked 3 - 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
• Diffuse sclerosis of Schilder
• Disorder of Cornification 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) - hearing loss
• DOC 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) - hearing loss
• Duane-radial ray syndrome - hearing loss
• Ear wax - hearing loss
• Ear wax buildup
• Emanuel syndrome - hearing loss
• Epilepsy, partial, familial - hearing disturbance
• Epstein (C.J.) syndrome - hearing loss
• Face irradiation
• Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E - hearing loss
• Fanconi anaemia
• Fenestration
• Fetal methylmercury syndrome - hearing loss
• Fungal meningitis - hearing loss
• Galactosamine-6-sulfatase deficiency
• Glomus jugulare tumor
• Glue ear - hearing loss
• GM2-gangliosidosis, AB variant - hearing loss
• Goldberg syndrome - hearing loss
• Goldscheider's disease
• Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome - hearing loss
• Head injury
• Head trauma
• Hearing Impairment - hearing loss
• Hereditary hearing loss - hearing loss
• Herpes zoster oticus - hearing loss
• Hunter-MacDonald syndrome - hearing loss
• Hunter-Mcdonald syndrome - hearing loss
• Hydrocephalus - hearing loss
• Hypobetalipoproteinaemia - ataxia - hearing loss - hearing loss
• I-cell disease
• Ichythosiform Erythroderma with Leukocyte Vacuolation - hearing loss
• Iduronate sulphatase deficiency
• Jacobsen syndrome - hearing loss
• Jequier-Deonna Syndrome - hearing loss
• Johanson-Blizzard syndrome
• Klippel Feil deformity conductive deafness absent vagina - hearing loss
• Kniest dysplasia - hearing loss
• Labrynthitis - hearing loss
• Lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome - hearing loss
• LADD Syndrome - hearing loss
• Lead poisoning - hearing loss
• Lobstein disease - hearing loss
• Malignant external ear canal tumor
• Mandibuloacral dysplasia - hearing loss
• Mandibuloacral dysplasia with type A lipodystrophy - hearing loss
• Mandibulofacial dysostosis, Treacher Collins type, autosomal recessive - hearing loss
• Mastoidectomy
• 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
• Middle ear irradiation
• 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
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2 Hunter syndrome- severe form - hearing loss
• Mucosulfatidosis
• Mullerian Aplasia - Renal Aplasia - Cervicothoracic Somite Dysplasia - hearing loss
• Multiple carboxylase deficiency, propionic acidemia - hearing loss
• Multiple lentigines syndrome
• MURCS Association - hearing loss
• Myoclonus with epilepsy with ragged red fibers - hearing loss
• Myringoplasty
• Myringotomy
• Nasopharyngeal cancer
• Nasopharynx irradiation
• Neonatal jaundice
• 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
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 - hearing loss
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 - hearing loss
• Osteopathia striata, cranial sclerosis - hearing difficulties
• Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 1 - hearing loss
• Osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 - hearing loss
• Otitis externa
• Otitis media
• Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia
• 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
• Progressive hearing loss stapes fixation - hearing loss
• Ptosis - coloboma - trigonocephaly - hearing loss
• Recent encephalitis infection
• Recent measles infection
• Recent meningitis infection
• Recent mumps infection
• Renal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia - hearing loss
• Rh problems
• Richards-Rundle syndrome - hearing loss
• Rickettsiae
• Robinson's syndrome
• Rosenberg-Chutorian Syndrome - hearing loss
• Rowley syndrome - hearing loss
• Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, chromosome 7 p15.3p21.3 - hearing loss
• Sanfilippo disease
• 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
• Skull irradiation
• Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 3 - hearing loss
• Steinfeld syndrome - hearing loss
• Strachan's syndrome
• Streptomycin - Teratogenic Agent - hearing loss
• Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type - hearing loss
• Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system - hearing loss
• Temporal bone fracture
• Thies Reis syndrome - hearing loss
• Thyroid irradiation
• TORCH Syndrome - hearing loss
• Triglyceride storage disease with impaired long-chain fatty acid oxidation - hearing loss
• Tympanic membrane perforation
• Type 10 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency - hearing loss
• Typhus fever
• Upper limb defect eye and ear abnormalities - hearing loss
• Upper respiratory tract infection
• 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
• 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
• Vohwinkel's mutilating keratoderma
• 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
• 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
• Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 2 - hearing loss
• Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome - Hearing difficulties
• Zunich neuroectodermal syndrome - Hearing loss
• Zunich-Kaye syndrome - hearing loss

All Causes of Hearing loss

The full list of all possible causes for Hearing loss described in various sources is as follows:

• 3- - hearing loss
• ABCD syndrome
• Abidi X-linked mental retardation syndrome - hearing loss
• Acoustic neuroma - hearing loss
• Acrocephalosyndactyly Syndrome type 5 - hearing loss

See full list of possible disease causes of Hearing loss

Drug side effect causes of Hearing loss

• Deferoxamine Mesylate
• Desferal Mesylate
• Bismatrol
• Devron
• Devrom

Drug interaction causes 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

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