What Causes Sudden Onset Deafness?
• Otitis: An infection of the middle or inner ear can produce transient or permanent deafness. After the infection material in the ear that blocks sound transmission. It may take several weeks, but the body will eventually clear this out and the hearing will gradually improve. It can lead to permanent deafness if not quickly treated. • Presbycusis: An age-related hearing loss which is progressive with time and cannot be prevented or reversed. • Noise trauma: Depending on the loudness, it can produce temporary or permanent hearing loss. • General anesthesia: In rare cases animals awaken from anesthesia deaf in both ears. • Drug toxicity (ototoxicity): Hearing loss due to use of some antibiotics which may have been the only choice of treatment for a life-threatening infection. • Congenital Deafness,(inherited from birth): The dog is born deaf for a variety of reasons. Interestingly, pure white dogs are more prone to deafness, with Dalmatians and Boxers more prone to deafness than other b
