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ear disease
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Introduction
Outer ear
Infections and injuries
Frostbite
Hematoma
Perichondritis
External otitis
Boil in the ear (furuncle)
Erysipelas of the outer ear
Leprosy
Osteoma of the bony ear canal
Cyst of the ear
Keloid of the ear
Deformities
Absence of the outer ear
Lop ear
Other ailments
Eczema
Impacted earwax
Cancer of the outer ear
Middle ear
Acute middle-ear infection
Secretory otitis media
Aero-otitis media
Chronic middle-ear infection
Ossicular interruption
Otosclerosis
Inner ear
Nerve deafness
Congenital nerve deafness
Viral nerve deafness
Effects of injury and trauma
Ototoxic drugs
Skull fracture and concussion
Exposure to noise
Inflammation and tumour
Labyrinthitis
Acoustic neuroma
Ménière disease
Presbycusis
Rehabilitation
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