Differential Diagnosis For Acute Hearing Loss

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Trauma Causes

Ear drum rupture/tear/laceration, acute

Temporal bone fracture

Ear trauma

Basilar skull fracture

Labyrinthine concussion

Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes

Blast injury

Sound, high intensity/noise

Barotitis

Deafness, acoustic trauma, chronic

Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)

Herpes Zoster

Influenza

Newborn TORCH syndrome

Cytomegalic virus

Labyrinthitis, viral

Herpes simplex

Infectious mononucleosis

Mumps

Syphilis

Otitis externa/malignant/pseudomonas

Kawasaki disease

Measles (rubeola)

Otitis, fungal, external/otomycosis

Pachymeningitis, hypertrophic cervical

Syphilis, meningovascular

Toxoplasmosis

Herpes Zoster, auricular

Infected organ, Abscesses

Labyrinthitis/all

Otitis media, chronic

Labyrinthitis, acute suppurative

Otitis media/malignant type

Otitis media, acute

Acoustic neuritis/neuronitis

Otitis media, chronic suppurative

Neoplastic Disorders

Leukemia, acute

Metastatic brain disease

Metastasis/temporal lobe

Polycythemia vera

Acoustic neuroma

Carcinoma, nasopharynx

Macroglobulinemias

Temporal bone metastasis

Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders

Otitis media, serous

Vasculitis

Cogan's disease/keratitis/acoustic autoimmune

Metabolic, Storage Disorders

Combined carboxylase/Biotinidase deficiency

Deficiency Disorders

Goiter, iodine deficiency

Congenital, Developmental Disorders

Deafness, congenital

Pendred syndrome

Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders

Sickle cell anemia

Otosclerosis

Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis (NF2)

Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

Foreign body, ear

Perforated drum/tympanic membrane

Eustachian tube blockage/obstruction

Impacted cerumen

Cochlear/perilymph fistula

Labyrinth fistula

Labyrinth hemorrhage

Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders

Labyrinth/cochlear ischemia

Occlusion/cochlear artery

Internal auditory artery occlusion

Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

Hypothyroidism (myxedema)

Menieres disease

Acoustic migraine

Reference to Organ System

Deafness, sensorineural

Deafness

Deafness, conduction

Hyperviscosity syndrome

IGA nephropathy (Bergers)

Cholesteatoma, middle ear

Eponymic, Esoteric Disorders

Deafness, Mondini

Usher's syndrome

Pathophysiologic

Hypercoagulable/thrombophilia status

Heirarchical Major Groups

Cochlear disorders

Drugs

Medication/drugs

Aminoglycoside antibiotic Administration/Toxicity

Loop-diuretic Administration/Toxicity

Salicylate intoxication/overdose

Cisplatin (Platinol) Administration/Toxicity

Quinine Administration/Toxicity

Salicylate Administration/Toxicity

Gentamicin (Garamycin) Administration/Toxicity

Neomycin (Mycitracin) Administration/Toxicity

Streptomycin Administration/Toxicity

Vancomycin (Vancocin) Administration/Toxicity

Poisoning (Specific Agent)

Mercury/organic/methyl (Minamata) pois.

Mercury chronic toxicity/poisoning

Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)

Toxic labyrinthitis/Drug-induced

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