Conditions related to the ear?
Barotitis media
Cauliflower Ear
Labyrinthitis (inner ear infection that affects your balance)
Vertigo
Meniere’s disease
Otitis Externa
Otosclerosis
Perilymphatic fistula
Polycythaemia vera
Perichrondritis
Progeria disease
Cholesteatoma
Head injury causing ear condition (ear ringing/ balance and dizziness)
History of ear/nasal and/or throat infections
Baby bottle fed (bottle fed have more infections than breast fed)
Bell’s palsy
Ear deafness
Ear ringing (tinnitus)
Erythromelalgia
Generalized arterial calcification (infants)
History of dizzy spells or ear disorder including ear surgery i.e grommets
Glue ear
NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2; previously known as neurofibromatosis 2)
Exostosis (Osteoma)
Perforated ear drum and/or ruptured ear drum
Refsum Disease (Zellweger spectrum disorders)
Paget’s disease (affecting skull)
Krabbe disease
Lysosomal Lipid Storage and/or Lysosomal Lipid Metabolism Disorders and/or Mucopolysaccharides Metabolism Disorders (Mucopolysaccharidoses)
Mitochondrial Myopathy/Encephalomyopathy
Ocular albinism with late onset sensorineural deafness (blue eyes and late deafness)
Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum [abnormalities tend to involve the cheekbones, jaw, mouth, ears, eyes, and/or bones of the spinal column (vertebrae)]
Sarcoidosis
Trismus
Wegener’s Granulomatosis
Other:
Syndromes related to the ear?
Acrocephalopolysyndactyly disorders (Apert syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, Chotzen syndrome, Carpenter syndrome)
Alport Syndrome
Alström syndrome
Barakat Syndrome (hypoparathyroidism, eyes, ears, kidney, psoriasis)
Bartter’s syndrome/Gitelman syndrome kidney, ear, muscles)
Bjornstad syndrome (ear, hair loss)
Coffin-Siris syndrome
Cogan’s syndrome
Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Xeroderma Pigmentosum (De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome) (blistering of skin)
DiGeorge syndrome
DOORS syndrome (abnormal nails, hearing loss, seizures)
East syndrome (affect kidney, ear, movement)
Fountain syndrome (abnormal swelling of cheeks and lips)
Goldenhar disease/syndrome (which affects eye, ear, and spine development)
Goodpasteur’s syndrome (affect ear, respiratory, kidney)
Human HOXA1 syndromes (Athabaskan Native Americans, Middle East)
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (sensorineural hearing loss, cardiac arrhythmias and fainting)
Kabuki syndrome
Klippel-Feil syndrome
Long QT syndrome
Mondini syndrome (where the cochlea is incomplete, it is associated with Pendred Syndrome, DiGeorge Syndrome, Klippel Feil Syndrome, Fountain Syndrome, Wildervanck Syndrome, CHARGE syndrome, and certain chromosomal trisomies)
Mohr-Tranebjaerg Syndrome (DFN-1) [sensorineural hearing loss that begins in childhood (usually after a child has learned how to speak) and gets progressively worse, movement problems (involuntary muscle) contractions) and/or difficulty swallowing]
Pendred Syndrome [hearing loss in both ears along with thyroid problems (goiter)]
Riboflavin transporter deficiency (Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome, Fazio-Londe syndrome)
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Serotonin Syndrome
SeSAME syndrome (Seizures, sensorineural deafness, ataxia, mental retardation, and electrolyte imbalance- low potassium)
Sotos syndrome
Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type II (Langer-Giedion syndrome)
Turners Syndrome
Usher Syndrome – (hearing loss, loss of balance and dizziness and vision loss)
Waardenburg syndrome – [hearing loss this syndrome can cause eye problems and abnormalities in the pigment (colour) of the hair and eyes]
Williams-Beuren syndrome
Wolfram syndrome
Other: