NURSING CARE RELATED TO THE SENSORY AND
NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEMS

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Section V. DISORDERS OF THE EAR

 

1-24. HEARING LOSS

 

a. Conductive Hearing Loss. Hearing loss due to an impairment of the external ear, middle ear or both.

 

b. Perceptive Hearing Loss. (Sensorineural hearing loss). Hearing loss due to disease of the inner ear or nerve pathways. Sensitivity to sound and discrimination of sound are both impaired.

 

c. Mixed Hearing Loss. Hearing loss due to a combination of conductive and perceptive loss.

 

d. Psychogenic Hearing Loss. Hearing loss with no physical basis. Usually a manifestation of an emotional disturbance.

 

 

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