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Are there different kinds of deafness?
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Yes: Conductive hearing loss is loss in the ear canal, eardrum, or middle ear bones; sensorineural loss is loss in the inner ear or auditory nerve; both can be present in mixed loss.
Answered 12/2/2014
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