See the separate leaflet called Ear Infection (Otitis Externa) for more details. Common symptoms include itch, ear discharge and dulled hearing. This may be caused by infection, allergy or other causes.
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Sometimes the skin of the ear canal can become inflamed. This is done either by syringing it out with warm water or with a special extracting device. It is usually best to have the object removed. Peas, beads or small pieces of a toy are the most common foreign bodies to block the ear and affect hearing. Objects that shouldn't be there (foreign bodies) are most often found in the ears of children. See the separate leaflet called Earwax for more details. The most common cause of blockage in the ear canal is earwax (cerumen). Causes of conductive hearing loss: the eardrum and ear canal Blockage of the ear canal It is also possible for sensorineural and conductive hearing losses to occur together in a mixed hearing loss.
They can be mild, moderate, severe or profound and affect one or both ears. Sensorineural hearing losses are usually permanent. It does not usually affect the entire range of sound frequencies, at least not at first.
Usually this means that hair cells in the cochlea are not working properly or there is a problem with the hearing nerve so that some or all sounds are not being sent to the brain. If the fluid-filled chamber called the cochlea or the hearing nerve is not working properly this causes what is known as a sensorineural hearing loss. This is often as the result of earwax (cerumen) or fluid in the middle ear, although it may also be caused by a burst (ruptured) eardrum or by otosclerosis (see below). In conductive hearing loss, the movement of sound (conduction) is blocked or does not pass into the inner ear. If there is a problem in the ear canal or the middle ear, this causes what is known as a conductive hearing loss. What can cause hearing loss?ĭamage to any part of the ear can cause a hearing loss. This is one of the ways in which we are able to distinguish between a wide range of sounds. This causes different signals to be sent to the brain. This means that the special hair cells in the cochlea also vibrate at varying speeds. With high-pitched sounds it vibrates faster. With low-pitched sounds the eardrum vibrates slowly. For example, the speed at which the eardrum vibrates varies with different types of sound. Your ears create electrical signals that represent an extraordinary variety of sounds. Special areas in the brain receive these signals and translate them into what we know as sound. The organ of Corti then sends signals down the hearing (auditory) nerve to the brain. The vibration of the hair cells is turned into an electrical signal by the organ of Corti, at their base.
Each cell is stimulated by a particular note (or frequency) of sound. As the fluid moves it vibrates the hairs on the cells that line the cochlea. When the vibrations reach the cochlea, the fluid inside it moves. The last of these bones (the stapes) passes on the vibrations to the fluid-filled chamber called the cochlea. Vibrations of the eardrum make the tiny bones in the middle ear move too. When sound waves reach the eardrum they make it vibrate. The outer part of the ear (the pinna) funnels sound waves into the ear canal. To hear, the ear must change sound into electrical signals which the brain can interpret. Sound waves are created when air vibrates.
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