Deafness
Deafness: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Sensorineural (Inner Ear)
Aging
Prolonged exposure to loud noise
Drugs
Salicylates
Aminoglycoside antibiotics (especially neomycin, amikacin)
Furosemide, ethacrynic acid
Quinine
Cisplatin
Infection
Meningitis
Chronic middle or inner ear infection
Cholesteatoma
Labyrinthitis
Bacterial
Viral (e.g., mumps)
Syphilis (usually congenital)
Herpes zoster oticus
Autoimmune disease (e.g., polyarteritis nodosa, Cogan's syndrome)
Ménière's disease
Fractures of temporal bone
Cochlear otosclerosis
Tumor of eighth nerve or cerebellopontine angle (especially acoustic neuroma)
Eighth nerve infarction
Multiple sclerosis
Hereditary or congenital causes (e.g., congenital rubella, Alport's syndrome)
Any central auditory pathway lesion (e.g., small strokes, multiple sclerosis)
Conductive
Cerumen impaction and foreign bodies
Otosclerosis
Chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma
Trauma (including temporal bone fracture, bleeding into
middle ear)
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Neoplasm
References
1. Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium, p. 247. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Wazen JJ: Dizziness and Hearing Loss, p. 80. See Bibliography, 2.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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