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.
Granulomas of the middle ear may cause conductive hearing loss due to ossicular erosion and mass effect, but these findings alone are nonspecific. The definitive diagnosis is usually made with chest radiographs; hilar adenopathy is the dominant finding. A chronic cough often leads to chest radiographs being ordered.