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.
Causes of Conductive hearing loss that are uncommon. The following causes of Conductive hearing loss are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA: Down Syndrome - conductive hearing loss.