Conductive Hearing Loss

Hearing loss due to interference with the mechanical reception or amplification of sound to the COCHLEA. The interference is in the outer or middle ear involving the EAR CANAL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; or EAR OSSICLES.

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Networked: 272 relevant articles (17 outcomes, 16 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Hearing Loss (Hearing Impairment)
2.	Tinnitus
3.	Otosclerosis
4.	Sensorineural Hearing Loss
5.	Granuloma

Experts

1.	Cremers, Cor W R J: 6 articles (01/2012 - 01/2002)
2.	Rosowski, John J: 4 articles (10/2015 - 03/2003)
3.	Caversaccio, Marco: 3 articles (08/2015 - 01/2009)
4.	Eikelboom, Robert H: 3 articles (04/2013 - 02/2005)
5.	Rajan, Gunesh P: 3 articles (04/2013 - 02/2005)
6.	De Leenheer, Els M R: 3 articles (01/2012 - 02/2003)
7.	Mylanus, Emmanuel A M: 3 articles (08/2006 - 01/2002)
8.	Snik, Ad F M: 3 articles (08/2006 - 01/2002)
9.	Lesperance, Marci M: 2 articles (12/2015 - 09/2010)
10.	Curtin, Hugh D: 2 articles (12/2015 - 03/2004)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Conductive Hearing Loss:

1.	TitaniumIBA 02/01/2014 - "BAHA implants have been shown to be effective in certain forms of conductive hearing loss, but the presence of the titanium abutment is responsible for sometimes severe skin reactions. " 03/01/2005 - "An earlier study of ossiculoplasty showed that titanium prostheses were effective in reducing conductive hearing loss. " 03/01/2015 - "Use of the titanium stapes FPP during TORP ossiculoplasty provides a statistically significant advantage in short-term PTA-ABG closure and a higher rate of successful rehabilitation of conductive hearing loss. " 01/01/2004 - "Successful rehabilitation (<or=20 dB pure-tone average air-bone gap) of conductive hearing loss was obtained in 70% of partial ossicular chain reconstructions and 44% of total ossicular chain reconstructions when titanium prostheses were used. " 04/01/2009 - "Thirty-eight patients with bilateral moderate to severe mixed or conductive hearing loss from COM without cholesteatoma and bilateral ossicular chain erosion (footplate residual) were alternately assigned to a titanium-TORP (T-TORP) and to RWI with the FMT of the Medel Vibrant Soundbridge (MVBS) located onto the RW niche. "
2.	AnotiaIBA 07/01/2013 - "This study aimed to determine the spectrum of temporal bone computed tomography (CT) abnormalities in children with conductive hearing loss (CHL) with and without microtia. " 01/01/2015 - "The physical findings of microtia and a small external canal are commonly absent or subtle in this group of patients, who are being commonly referred for imaging to evaluate isolated conductive hearing loss. " 07/01/2014 - "Otic defects are preauricular tags, microtia, anotia & conductive hearing loss. " 07/01/2013 - "Does microtia predict severity of temporal bone CT abnormalities in children with persistent conductive hearing loss?" 04/01/2013 - "Unusual association of bilateral persistent stapedial arteries and microtia with bilateral ossicular anomalies resulting in conductive hearing loss."
3.	Silver Sulfadiazine (SSD)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/2015 - "Two subjects were affected by conductive hearing loss (CHL) and one subject by single-sided deafness (SSD). " 07/01/2012 - "The most frequent indication for the Baha® system was bilateral mixed hearing loss (51%), followed by SSD (18%), bilateral conductive hearing loss (17%), unilateral mixed (8%) and conductive (6%) hearing loss. " 02/01/2009 - "To assess the functional outcomes of patients previously fitted with a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) for unilateral conductive (UC), unilateral mixed (UM), or sensorineural (single-sided deafness [SSD]) hearing loss and compare them with those of patients with bilateral conductive hearing loss (BCHL). " 01/01/2015 - "In this study we reported a dominant Chinese Han family segregating with typical NOG-SSD symptoms including proximal symphalangism, conductive hearing loss, amblyopia and strabismus, but not intellectual disability. " 06/01/2015 - "58% were operated on for chronic otitis with mixed or conductive hearing loss; 20% had unilateral or bilateral atresia and 16% had single sided deafness (SSD); other indications were otosclerosis and syndromic patients. "
4.	hereditary expansile Polyostotic osteolytic dysplasiaIBA 03/01/2005 - "Hereditary bilateral conductive hearing loss caused by total loss of ossicles: a report of familial expansile osteolysis." 04/01/1996 - "Conductive hearing loss caused by hereditary incus necrosis: a study of familial expansile osteolysis."
5.	Peroxidase (Myeloperoxidase)IBA 04/01/2015 - "We conducted a prospective, controlled study of patients with chronic otitis media and cholesteatoma (1) to examine the expression of myeloperoxidase (MPO) using immunohistochemical staining techniques and (2) to investigate the relationship between MPO activity and the degree of conductive hearing loss in these patients. " 04/01/2015 - "Is there a relationship between myeloperoxidase activity and conductive hearing loss in chronic otitis media complicated by cholesteatoma?"
6.	Heparin (Liquaemin)FDA LinkGeneric 05/09/2014 - "In this study, we investigated a Japanese pedigree with SYM1 and conductive hearing loss and found that it carried a novel heterozygous missense mutation of NOG (c.406C>T; p.R136C) affecting the heparin-binding site of noggin. " 05/09/2014 - "A mutation in the heparin-binding site of noggin as a novel mechanism of proximal symphalangism and conductive hearing loss."
7.	Glass Ionomer CementsIBA 05/01/2013 - "Objective of this study is to compare glass ionomer cement application and incus interpositioning techniques in patients who have chronic otitis media, conductive hearing loss with intact tympanic membrane and who undergo hearing reconstruction of staged surgery using a retrospective chart review in the setting of Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital ENT Clinic, Turkey. "
8.	Aminocaproic Acids (EAC)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/2008 - "Traditional stents often occlude the EAC, resulting in a temporary conductive hearing loss. " 03/01/2015 - "Exostoses are bony outgrowths of the external auditory canal (EAC) that can lead to cerumen entrapment, recurrent infections, and conductive hearing loss. " 02/01/2011 - "Indications for 75 ears (69 patients) undergoing 107 revision operations for CAA included 58% for EAC stenosis, 19% for chronic drainage and/or infection, and 20% for conductive hearing loss (CHL) alone. " 09/01/1994 - "It has been well-established that children with Down syndrome experience a high incidence of persistent conductive hearing loss because of their predisposition to stenosis of the external auditory canal (EAC), cerumen impaction, serous otitis media (SOM), and cholesteatoma. " 09/01/2010 - "An 8 year old female presented with bilateral moderate conductive hearing loss, bilateral microtia, left EAC stenosis, and right EAC atresia, secondary to prenatal isotretinoin exposure. "
9.	CosmeticsIBA 06/01/1989 - "Combined external and middle ear anomalies are more common, causing conductive hearing loss and cosmetic deformity. " 03/01/2013 - "If their growth significantly occludes the meatus, they may cause cosmetic deformities, conductive hearing loss, and recurrent external ear infections. " 06/01/1999 - "The suspected diagnosis is based on clinical findings (occasionally pain, cosmetic deformities, repeated external otitis and conductive hearing loss), otoscopy, the radionuclide bone scan, and computerized tomography. " 05/01/1981 - "We present the case of an extensive ossifying fibroma of the temporal bone that presented as a suspected case of hyperostosis of the external auditory canal and conductive hearing loss, without any cosmetic deformity. "
10.	Retinaldehyde (Retinal)IBA 10/03/1997 - "Her major problems included a migratory ichthyosiform dermatosis, multiple skin infections and infestations, bilateral retinal coloboma, developmental delay, seizures, infantile macrosomia, facial anomalies, a duplicated renal collecting system, and conductive hearing loss. " 09/01/1985 - "We encountered two patients with a congenital migratory ichthyosiform dermatosis, retinal colobomas, conductive hearing loss, seizures, mental retardation, and similar facial features. " 01/01/2001 - "In addition, absence of corpus callosum, conductive hearing loss, choroidal and retinal coloboma,cranio-facial defects as well as brachydactyly,clinodactyly, camptodactyly and other skeletal anomalies were reported. "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Stapes Surgery (Stapedectomy) 01/01/2012 - "Independently of the patients being diagnosed with OI type I or IV and independently of the underlying OI genotype, beneficial results are obtained in the majority of OI patients undergoing primary or revision stapes surgery for reduction of conductive hearing loss components caused by stapes footplate fixation. " 12/01/2015 - "The temporal bone histopathology findings suggest that conductive hearing loss related to NOG mutation should be improved after stapedectomy; however, care must be taken in extrapolating to all patients with NOG mutations because there may be variability in the pathology, especially given the variability of NOG spectrum disorders." 04/01/2008 - "According to our study, simultaneous bilateral stapes surgery can be performed safely in selected patients with bilateral conductive hearing loss. " 03/01/2012 - "To demonstrate the need for computed tomography imaging of the temporal bone before considering revision stapes surgery in patients with recurrent or residual conductive hearing loss. " 01/01/2012 - "The ideal patient for revision stapes surgery is one who benefits from the initial surgery but complained of conductive hearing loss. "
2.	Hearing Aids (Hearing Aid) 06/01/2015 - "We can confirm that both transcutaneous and percutaneous techniques are effective in the rehabilitation of conductive hearing loss when conventional hearing aids cannot be used. " 05/01/2005 - "To study the effect of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss. " 08/01/1994 - "In the present study, aided thresholds were determined in 40 children and 30 adults with pure conductive hearing loss (bone-conduction thresholds of 20 dB HL or less) who were successfully fitted with hearing aids. " 08/01/2015 - "Bone anchored hearing aids are an established treatment in patients with conductive hearing loss. " 02/01/2014 - "Digital processing technology for bone-anchored hearing aids: randomised comparison of two devices in hearing aid users with mixed or conductive hearing loss."
3.	Prostheses and Implants (Prosthesis) 04/01/2008 - "The study also suggests that, whilst stapedotomy piston prostheses are effective in the reversal of conductive hearing loss, they produce an insufficient pressure wave to elicit a myogenic response to sound. " 10/01/2004 - "Exploratory tympanotomy is essential to identify congenital conductive hearing loss and wire prosthesis may provide a potential way for reconstruction of ossicular chain." 05/01/2000 - "However, thin-section computed tomography (CT) can help determine the type of prosthesis used for reconstruction and adequately assess for complications that may be causing postoperative conductive hearing loss. " 09/01/1986 - "The malleus grip prosthesis is designed for ears with conductive hearing loss caused by pathologic conditions of the stapes in association with pathologic conditions of the malleus or incus. " 06/01/1986 - "Prosthesis extrusion and persistent or recurrent conductive hearing loss are the most common causes of operation failure. "
4.	Palatal Expansion Technique 06/01/2007 - "CONCLUSION Rapid maxillary expansion has been used for both dental and rhinological purposes in the belief that clinically significant reductions in nasal resistance to airflow and an improvement in conductive hearing loss occur predictably." 06/01/2007 - "Follow up showed that after rapid maxillary expansion there was nasal resistance reduction, increased nasal airflow and improvement in conductive hearing loss. " 06/01/2008 - "The purpose of this study was to investigate long-term effects of semirapid maxillary expansion (SRME) with an acrylic bonded appliance on conductive hearing loss by using audiometric and tympanometric records. " 12/01/2003 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on conductive hearing loss in 35 subjects (21 girls and 14 boys) with an average age of 14 years 6 months. " 06/01/2008 - "Semirapid and slow methods of maxillary expansion have some advantages over rapid maxillary expansion, but the effects on conductive hearing loss have not been investigated. "
5.	Tympanoplasty 10/01/2001 - "A subpopulation of hearing-impaired patients has conductive hearing loss that cannot be improved by classic tympanoplasty. " 07/01/2013 - "We present a case of persistent otorrhea and conductive hearing loss caused by myospherulosis in the middle ear following tympanoplasty. " 05/01/2006 - "A rare facial nerve anomaly was incidentally discovered whilst performing a tympanoplasty and ossicular reconstruction on a patient with an acquired unilateral conductive hearing loss. " 01/01/2006 - "We describe our initial experience with endoscopic transtympanic tympanoplasty and evaluate whether this approach is adequate and minimally invasive in the treatment of conductive hearing loss. " 01/01/2006 - "Endoscopic transtympanic tympanoplasty in the treatment of conductive hearing loss: early results."