From the June 2019 issue of Weill Cornell Medicine's Women's Health Advisor (WHA)
A Variety of Conditions Can Affect Your Hearing
Excessive earwax, a perforated eardrum, and damaged bones of hearing can cause conductive hearing loss.
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Most of us are familiar with the type of hearing loss that can be improved with hearing aids, but there is another type of hearing loss—the type that can be caused by a buildup of earwax, among other things. The former type is called sensorineural hearing loss, while the latter is termed conductive hearing loss. […]