Wayne is a 75-year-old retired teacher who comes to the physician’s office feeling quite upset. He tells Rebecca, the licensed practical nurse, that he does not know what is happening to him. When people speak to him their speech seems garbled, and lately he is having difficulty reading. After an examination, the physician tells him he has a conductive hearing loss because of accumulated cerumen. Explain the pathway of sound.
Wayne is a 75-year-old retired teacher who comes to the physician’s office feeling quite upset. He tells Rebecca, the licensed practical nurse, that he does not know what is happening to him. When people speak to him their speech seems garbled, and lately he is having difficulty reading. After an examination, the physician tells him he has a conductive hearing loss because of accumulated cerumen. Explain the pathway of sound.
Conductive hearing loss problem occurs when sound waves do not get properly transmitted across the patient ear. Sound wave passes through the outer ear, tympanic membrane (eardrum), or middle ear (ossicles) and any defect in any of these areas can lead to conductive hearing loss.
Conductive hearing loss may also be a symptom related to health condition called otosclerosis which is an inherited disorder in ear's inability to amplify the sound. Labrynthitis and superior canal dehiscence syndrome are also associated problem related to hearing.
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