Diseases

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edentulous mouth

Health care; Diseases

Having teeth in neither the mandible nor the maxilla.

penetrating head injuries

Health care; Diseases

Head injuries which feature compromise of the skull and dura mater. These may result from gunshot wounds (gunshot wounds), stab wounds (stab wounds), and other forms of trauma.

Hearing loss due to disease of the auditory pathways (in the central nervous system) which originate in the cochlear nuclei of the PONS and then ascend bilaterally to the midbrain, the thalamus, and ...

noise-induced hearing loss

Health care; Diseases

Hearing loss due to exposure to explosive loud noise or chronic exposure to sound level greater than 85 dB. The hearing loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz.

conductive hearing loss

Health care; Diseases

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 ...

sensorineural hearing loss

Health care; Diseases

Hearing loss resulting from damage to the sensorineural elements of the cochlea which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the auditory nerve and its connections ...