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Hearing losses may be devided into three subgroups: Conducted type, sensoryneural (SN) and mixed type. In conducted form, the problem is in the outher and middle ears whereas SN hearing loss affects the inner ear.
Earwax, ear infections, ruptured eardrum, abnormal bone growths or tumors of the outer or middle ear can cause hearing loss.
There are some risk factors such as aging, loud noises, heredity, some medications that may damage or lead to loss of the hairs and nerve cells in your inner ear.
To determine your ability to hear and the extent of your hearing loss, your doctor may obtain hearing tests, evocked auditory potentials, otoacoustic emisions.
Hearing loss treatment depends on the cause and severity of your hearing loss.
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