What kind of trauma can cause hearing impairment?
The most common trauma that causes hearing loss is usually from a Q-tip. Q-tips placed in the ear that actually make contact with the eardrum can dislocate the ossicles, which are the bones of hearing. Many patients come in with a perforation of the eardrum from use of Q-tips that causes hearing loss. Another trauma that can cause hearing loss could be a car accident or a blunt injury to the head that causes a fracture in the bone that houses the ear and the nerve to the ear. However, by far the most common cause of hearing loss from trauma is a Q-tip. Most people don’t want to hear that.
