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Medical Conditions that can cause hearing loss:

Deafness and hearing loss can be caused by a variety of medical conditions.  These include:

• Otosclerosis, or ossifications on the stapes bone in the middle ear

• Autoimmune disorders

• Auditory neuropathy

• Otitis Media (ear infection)

• Acoustic neuromas (benign tumors on the 8th cranial nerve)

• Meniere’s Disease

• Presbycusis

To learn more about these conditions, visit the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders at www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing

Other causes of hearing loss can include:

• head trauma
• excessive exposure to loud noise
• genetics
• ototoxic medications

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For more information on ototoxic medications