This term refers to HL that occurs after birth and is usually caused by trauma, diseases, drugs, or aging

This term refers to a disorder that is in its initial phase and lasts for a relatively short duration

This is a small dimple anterior to the tragus or the small skin growth anterior to the tragus.

This disorder, also known as "surfer's ear", causes bony outgrowths covered with skin that occurs in the external ear canal from repeated and prolonged exposure to cold water. It is usually bilateral, painless, non-problematic, and does not lead to HL unless it leads to a secondary problem

An area in the TM without the fibrous tissue layer

This is the most common genetic cause of HL and may be expressed at birth or at a later prelinguistic stage

This is a condition that is persistent over a relatively long period of time

This is internal bleeding within the auricle that may lead to damage to the cartilage.

These are rounded pearl-shaped bony growths in the ear canal that occur spontaneously and are benign tumors. They are typically unilateral and HL does not occur.

This term means open and allows us to know if the PE tube is open and functioning properly.

Treacher Collins, DeGeorge, Goldenhar, Paget, Alport genetic disorders that affect which portions of the auditory system?

This is a condition that comes and goes or reoccurs often

The absence of an external auditory canal due to embryological events that may be unilateral, or bilateral, in which surgical correction is more likely.

This is is the most common bacteria that cause otitis externa

A benign mass that develops in the ME space and is secondary to a perforation or otitis media. It is typically unilateral in nature, causes foul-smelling otorrhea, and causes a CHL or mixed HL depending on the extent of the damage. It occurs when dead skin tissue and keratin are trapped in a surrounding area of healthy skin and the growth can destroy surrounding structures and bony shelf.

-medically corrected/removed

Usher, Jervell and Lange-Nielsen, Herrmann, Alport, Klippel-Feil, Waardenburg are genetic disorders that affect which specific structure of the auditory system

A medical diagnosis can only be made by this person

An abnormal narrowing of the external auditory canal is usually due to developmental abnormalities. The ear canal is less than 4 mm in diameter which prevents accurate pure tone thresholds if supra-aural headphones are used. Patients with this are often more prone to ear infections or HL.

This is an accumulation of fluid called effusion which occurs in the middle ear. Young children are most affected due to anatomical differences in ET orientation. It is unilateral or bilateral and can cause a mild to moderate CHL.

the most common origin of an acquired cholesteatoma is from this area of the Pars Flaccida region of the TM

This term refers to hearing loss that is present at birth and may be prenatal when it occurs prior to birth or perinatal in which it occurs during birth.

A disorder that occurs in which there is no known cause is referred to as this.

This disorder causes a mild conductive loss that is usually unilateral but can be bilateral and it is treated with curettes, suction, or irrigation.

This procedure is a removal of the ME fluid with a needle-type syringe performed by a physician

This is a spongy bony outgrowth on the stapes footplate that becomes hardened or sclerotic. It is more prevalent in females 20-40 years, hormonal changes, and is a late-onset genetic disorder. It causes CHL from the stapes fixation and is unilateral to progressive bilateral. Audiograms will show 2000 Hz Carhart's notch which relates to the inertial mode of BC, and a normal type A tympanogram, with no ARTs. It can be surgically treated, with a stapedotomy or stapedectomy.