Common Causes of Hearing Loss

Adult                       Pediatric

Adult Hearing Loss

• Excessive noise exposure
• Presbycusis - aging process
• Heredity
• Cholesteatoma/Infection
• Otosclerosis
• Meniere's disease
• Trauma
• Ototoxic medications
• Viral infections
• Tumors and other space occupying lesions

Pediatric Hearing Loss

• Otitis Media (middle ear infection)
• Craniofacial abnormalities (congenital) 
• Family history of hearing loss
• Congenital infection 
• Bacterial meningitis
• Head trauma
• Ototoxic medications
• Childhood infectious disease (mumps, measles)