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What can cause me to not hear well out of one ear?
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Many reasons: It can be due to something as easily treatable as wax impaction or as serious as an acoustic neuroma. There are a myriad of causes in between including fluid behind your ear drum. This needs to be examined and further evaluated by your ent.
Answered 1/23/2016
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