Conductive Hearing Loss

Otosclerosis is a disorder that results in the fixation of the 3rd bone of hearing, or the stapes.

A disruption of the ossicles, the tiny bones in the middle ear, will result in conductive hearing loss. The conductive hearing loss that results can be treated with hearing aids or by a surgical procedure.

An infection affecting the middle ear, or the area behind the ear drum, can produce a conductive hearing loss. The treatment of otitis media is with antibiotics, or a myringotomy can be done.

An ear drum perforation can result from ear infection, through trauma, or from its failure to close after a ventilation tube for the ear drum comes out. It results in a problem conducting sound to the inner ear and also predisposes one to getting ear infections. Fortunately, ear drum perforation can be managed many ways

Congenital aural atresia is a condition where the ear canal has not developed at birth. Often associated with an incompletely developed outer ear, the situation may extend into the middle ear where the middle ear bones (ossicles) are malformed.

Cerumen is “ear wax,” which may accumulate in the ear canal. If it impacts, the conduction of sound to your ear canal is impeded resulting in a conductive hearing loss. This is often made worse by the use of cotton swabs.