Authoritarian regimes are also sometimes subcategorized by whether they are personalistic or populist. Personalistic authoritarian regimes are characterized by arbitrary rule and authority exercised mainly through patronage networks and coercion rather than through institutitions and formal rules..
Common causes of conductive hearing loss include: 1  Cerumen (earwax) or foreign body in the external auditory canal. 2  Otitis externa, infection or irritation of the outer ear.  Exostoses, abnormal growth of bone within the ear canal.
Conductive Loss. If a hearing loss is caused by problems with the ear conducting the vibrations to the cochlea, then it is called a conductive loss. The problem may be with the ear drum or with the ossicles (three tiny bones). Conductive losses aren't the most common types of hearing loss. Nearly 90% of hearing loss cases are sensorineural losses, where the problem is with the cochlea or the auditory nerve Some forms of hearing loss are caused by problems with these bones. When the hearing loss is caused by these bones, it's referred to as a conductive loss.