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DDx
Conductive (external or middle ear)
- Cerumen impaction (ear wax)
- Transient auditory tube dysfunction (upper respiratory infection, allergies)
- Acute or chronic otitis media
- Mastoiditis
- Otosclerosis
- Disruption of ossicles
- Trauma or barotrauma
- Glomus tympanicum (middle ear tumor)
- Paget’s disease
Sensory
- Presbyacusis (age-related)
- Excessive noise exposure
- Ménière’s disease (endolymphatic hydrops)
- Labyrinthitis
- Head trauma
- Ototoxicity, eg, salicylates, aminoglycosides, loop diuretics, cisplatin
- Occlusion of ipsilateral auditory artery (acute)
- Hereditary hearing loss
- Autoimmune: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Wegener’s granulomatosis, Cogan’s syndrome
- Other systemic causes: diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, renal failure, infections (eg, measles, mumps, syphilis)
Neural
- Acoustic neuroma
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cerebrovascular disease
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