Conductive hearing loss

Authors

  • Miguel A. Hyppolito Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo - FMRP/USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v38i3/4p245-252

Keywords:

Ear, External. Ear, Middle. Hearing. Otitis. Hearing Loss. Auditory Pathways.

Abstract

The auditory system components are external ear, middle ear, inner ear and central auditory pathways. The timpanic membrane and ossicular chain amplify the sounds to inner ear, beeing an efficient energy conservatory system. Alterations on this system will perform a hearing loss, with various pathological conditions on external and middle ears that ends to conductive hearing loss.

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Author Biography

  • Miguel A. Hyppolito, Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo - FMRP/USP

    Docente. Divisão de Otorrinolaringologia. Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo - FMRP/USP

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Published

2005-12-30

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3/4 (2005)

Section

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How to Cite

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Hyppolito MA. Conductive hearing loss. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 2005 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Jun. 1];38(3/4):245-52. Available from: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/451