The same disorders can affect other people around the person. Some children are prone to ear infections and some never seem to have them. It is different from sensori-neural hearing impairment in that there is no problem with the functioning of the inner ear but the conduction of sound from the environment to the inner ear is impaired due to the presence of fluid in the middle ear. High and low sounds and loud and soft volumes are produced to determine how loud a sound of any particular pitch has to be before the patient is able to hear it.

The two most common to have together are conductive and sensorineural. If your is diagnosed as being senosorineural then the primary cause may be exposure to loud noises over a lengthy span of time. Patients with this condition usually think they can't hear, but they can. Damage to this structure could result in temporary or even permanent sensory reduction.