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| {{AB}}
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| {{Hearing impairment}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ==Differential Diagnosis==
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| === Conductive hearing loss ===
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| * Acute or chronic [[otitis media]]
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| * [[Cerumen]] impaction
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| * [[Cholesteatoma]]
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| * [[Earwax]] (foreign bodies)
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| * Eustachian tube dysfunction
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| * [[Head trauma]]
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| * [[Mastoiditis]]
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| * Middle ear effusion
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| * [[Otitis Externa]]
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| * [[Otosclerosis]]
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| * Physical straining ([[barotrauma]])
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| * Rapid descent in air or water ([[barotrauma]])
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| === Sensorineural hearing loss ===
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| * Acoustic neuroma
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| * [[Alport's Syndrome]]
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| * [[Drugs]]
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| * Hereditary sensorineural hearing loss
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| * [[Meniere's Disease]]
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| * Noise-induced
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| * [[Presbycusis]]
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| === Mixed ===
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| * [[Berger's Disease]]
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| * [[Cytomegalovirus]] (CMV)
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| * [[Diabetes Mellitus]]
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| * [[Epstein-Barr Virus]] (EBV)
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| * Fat emboli
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| * [[Herpes simplex]]
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| * [[Herpes zoster]]
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| * Hypercoagulable states
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| * [[Hyperlipoproteinemia]]
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| * [[Infarction]]
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| * [[Influenza]]
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| * [[Leukemia]]
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| * [[Lyme Disease]]
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| * [[Macroglobulinemia]]
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| * [[Measles]]
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| * [[Meningitis]]
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| * [[Metastases]]
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| * [[Mumps]]
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| * [[Ototoxic]] [[drugs]], toxins
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| * [[Polycythemia vera]]
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| * [[Prolonged QT syndrome]] variant
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| * [[Sickle Cell Anemia]]
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| * Tertiary [[Syphilis]]
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| * [[Wardenberg's Syndrome]]
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| === Miscellaneous ===
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| * [[Autoimmune disease]]
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| * Congenital deafness
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| * Hereditary conditions
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| * [[Hypothyroidism]]
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| * [[Multiple Sclerosis]]
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| * [[Pregnancy]]
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| * [[Presbycusis]]
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| * [[Trauma]]
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