Hearing Impairment

1. Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1.1. Exposure to loud noise

1.2. Head trauma

1.3. Illnesses

1.4. Structural abnormality of the inner ear

1.5. Tumors

1.6. Medication side effects

1.7. Autoimmune inner ear disease

1.8. Otosclerosis

2. Central Hearing Loss

2.1. Damage to brainstem structures

2.2. Severe head trauma

2.3. Damage to auditory nerve or pathways

2.4. Brain Tumors

3. is hearing impairment where there are problems within the brain that interfere with the ability to interpret or understand sounds.

4. Conductive Hearing Loss

4.1. Fluid in the middle ear

4.2. Otitis media (ear infection)

4.3. Poor eustachian tube function

4.4. Perforated Eardrum

4.5. External otitis (ear canal infection)

4.6. Allergies

4.7. Earwax buildup

4.8. Benign tumors

4.9. Structural abnormalities

5. is hearing impairment is due to problems with the outer ear, middle ear, ear canal, eardrum, or the ossicles. The sound cannot be conducted properly, so hearing is affected

6. is hearing impairment when there is damage to either the auditory nerve or the inner ear.

7. Mixed Hearing Loss occurs when both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss occur in tandem.