Hearing disorders

Diseases or defects of the auditory apparatus may result in a partial or total, permanent or occasional reduction in hearing. These disorders may manifest themselves in the form of dizziness, ringing in the ears and hypersensitivity...

Ear disorders:

• affecting the external ear: external otitis,
• affecting the middle ear:
• involvement of the eardrum (otitis for example)
• involvement of the ossicles (malformation...)
• affecting the inner ear:
• congenital,
• traumatic,
• infectious (German measles, mumps),
• aging,
• toxic (drugs, irradiation),
• tumoural.

Disorders of the auditory nerve:

• impaired balance,
• impaired hearing.

Deafness:

• transition deafness: related to lesions of the external or middle ear,
• perception deafness: related to lesions of the internal ear or the auditory nerve.