Defects of the ear

Defects of the ear

Several defects of the ear lead to hearing loss or even deafness.
Hearing loss, or hearing impairment, happens when there is a problem with
one or more parts of the ear or ears.

Types of Hearing Loss

There are a few different types of hearing loss: conductive, sensory, mixed (conductive and sensory combined), and neural. Conductive hearing loss:- This happens when there is a problem with a part of the outer or middle ear. Most kids with conductive hearing loss have a mild hearing loss and it is usually temporary because in most cases medical treatment can help. (Defects of the ear)

Sensory hearing loss

This happens when the cochlea is not working correctly because the tiny hair cells are damaged or destroyed. Depending on the loss, a person may be able to hear most sounds (although they would be muffled); only some sounds; or no sounds at all. Sensory hearing impairment is almost always permanent and the ability to talk normally may be affected. (Defects of the ear)

Neural hearing loss

This happens when there is a problem with the connection from the cochlea to the brain. The hearing loss may be congenital or due to middle ear fluid, serious
infections, such as meningitis, head injury, listening to very loud music,
especially through headphones, repeated exposure to loud sounds, such as
machinery.

One of the common causes of conductive hearing loss is blockade of
the external auditory meatus with wax secreted from ceruminous glands in
the skin lining the meatus. In some people wax accumulates in the meatus
and hardens, sometimes pressing against the eardrum. Normal hearing is
usually restored after the hardened wax is removed with a special syringe.

Another cause of conductive hearing loss, is a perforated eardrum.
Perforation can be caused by infection in the middle ear or by
mechanical injury resulting from a nearby explosion or a sudden blow to the
head. Injury to the head can also cause the ossicles of the middle ear to
become disconnected from one another, thus breaking the
conductive path to the cochlea. (Defects of the ear)

Malfunction of the cochlea and acoustic nerve can be the cause of
hearing loss, even though vibrations are conducted perfectly into the inner
ear. Such hearing loss is called sensorineural (perceptive) hearing loss.
Acquired forms of this condition can result from infection, head injury, blast
from explosions or exposure to excessive noise. (Defects of the ear)

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Bio Zoology All Important Topics


  1. Human Physiology Introduction

  2. Nutrition

  3. Carbohydrates Poly hydroxyaldehydes (or) ketones

  4. Proteins (Polypeptides)

  5. Lipids

  6. Vitamins – Functions Of Vitamins

  7. Deficiency of Vitamin

  8. Minerals – Water – Role of water

  9. Balanced diet

  10. Obesity

  11. Digestive System

  12. Dental Caries (Tooth decay)

  13. Root Canal Treatment

  14. Peptic ulcer

  15. Hernia and Types

  16. Appendicitis (Appendix)

  17. Gall Stones

  18. Hepatitis

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  20. Mechanism of fracture

  21. Dislocation of joints

  22. Arthiritis

  23. Rickets and Osteomalacia – Orthopedics

  24. Muscles

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  26. Types of muscle contraction

  27. Myasthenia Gravis

  28. Respiration – Process of pulmonary respiration

  29. Mechanism of Breathing

  30. Regulation of Respiration

  31. Pneumonia Tuberculosis Symptoms Treatment

  32. Bronchitis – Acute bronchitis, Chronic Bronchitis Causes

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  35. Coronary blood vessel and its significance

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  43. Heart transplantation

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  48. Thrombosis

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  52. Sleep – Types of sleep

  53. Stroke – Brain haemorrhage

  54. Alzheimer – Meningitis (Brain fever)

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