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.
1 In many cases, conductive hearing loss can be corrected with medications or surgery.  Sensorineural (pronounced: sen-so-ree-nyour-ul) hearing loss results from damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or the auditory nerve. The most common type is caused by the outer hair cells not functioning correctly.