Common ear diseases

Acoustic neuroma

Acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor that usually arises from the Schwann cells of the vestibular nerve and in rare cases also from the Schwann cells of the cochlear nerve.

Otosclerosis

Otosclerosis is a medical condition that afflicts the bony labyrinth in the inner ear.

Middle ear infection (otitis media)

An acute middle ear infection (otitis media acuta) is a condition often triggered by a cold.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a feeling of vertigo which occurs due to a change in position.

Blast injury

Blast injury is a type of acoustic shock that affects not only your ears but your brain as well.

Inflammation of the ear canal (otitis externa)

An inflammation of the ear canal (also otitis externa) is defined as a bacterial, fungal, or allergic inflammation of the skin and subcutis in the outer ear canal.

Ménière's disease

Ménière's disease is primarily a unilaterally occurring disease of the cochleovestibular organ in the inner ear.

Presbycusis

Presbycusis definition can be complicated but simply put it is a slowly progressing sensorineural hearing loss.

Hypoacusis

The medical term hypoacusis or hyperacusis simply means hearing impairment, a partial or total inability to hear.

Cholesteatoma

Cholesteatoma is a chronic, purulent inflammation of the middle ear caused by a proliferation of squamous epithelium from the outer auditory canal into the middle ear.