Unlocking Hearing Loss

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Unlocking Hearing Loss

• Mark E Reader DO, FAOCO

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Causes for Hearing Loss

• Ear wax
• Ear infection
• Ear fluid
• Nerve damage
• Disruption/ malfunction of ossicles
• Genetic
• Tumor

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Hearing Loss Treatment

• Hearing aids
• Removal of ear wax
• Ear tubes
• Surgical repair of ear drum and ossicles
• BAHA
• Cochlear implant

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Inner Ear Anatomy
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Audiogram
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Ossicles
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Ossicular Chain Disruption
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Cholesteatoma
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Ossicular Chain Disruption
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Otosclerosis

• Fixation of an ossicle fur to excessive bone
  growth
• Usually involves the stapes footplate
• Produces conductive (sometime mixed) loss
• Treated with surgery or hearing aid

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Hearing Aids

• Indications
• Styles

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BAHA
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Surgical Indications

• BAHA
• Single sided deafness
• Congenitally deformed ear
• Chronically infected ear
• Need intact cochlea

• Cochlear
• Bilateral deafness
• Need intact nerve

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BAHA
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BAHA
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BAHA
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Implant
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Concluding Remarks

• Hearing loss is a common problem in all ages
• Many causes are correctable with surgery
• More surgical options are available today than
  ever