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 hearing loss. This type of loss is caused by a blockage in the outer or middle ear. Hearing aids will have to increase the loudness to force sound through this blockage to the inner ear and this may cause the sound to become distorted and unclear.