There are many but some are otitis media which is bacterial infection of the middle ear. Another can just be as simple as wax build up in the ear canal. A third would be damage to the semicircular canals. This would cause lack of balance. This is called labyrinthis or vertigo.
Edward Bradford Dench has written: 'Diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Ear, Diseases 'Diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Ear Diseases 'Diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Ear, Diseases
William Wallace Morrison has written: 'Diseases of the nose, throat and ear' -- subject(s): Ear Diseases, Nose Diseases, Pharyngeal Diseases 'Diseases of the ear, nose and throat' -- subject(s): Diseases, Ear, Nose, Throat
The study of the ear is in the field of ear/ nose/ and throat. This field is called otolaryngolgy. The diseases are called otolaryngolic diseases. The doctor in this field is called and ENT doctor.
W. G. Scott-Brown has written: 'Scott-Brown's Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat' -- subject(s): Otolaryngology 'Methods of examination in ear, nose and throat' -- subject(s): Diagnosis, Diseases, Ear, Nose, Throat 'Diseases of the ear, nose, and throat' -- subject(s): Diseases, Ear, Nose, Otolaryngology, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Throat
George Purdey Field has written: 'Diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Ear, Diseases
John Harrison Curtis has written: 'A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Ear, Physiology, Diseases 'A treatise on the physiology and pathology of the ear'
Philip Davie Kerrison has written: 'Diseases of the ear' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Diseases, Ear
Henry Gradle has written: 'Diseases of the nose, pharynx, and ear' -- subject(s): Diseases, Throat, Ear, Nose
Frank E. Lucente has written: 'Highlights Of The Instructional Courses Vol.8' 'The external ear' -- subject(s): Diseases, Ear Diseases, External Ear
Ear wax is secreted by the ceruminous glands of the ears. It functions to protect the ears from outside contaminants. Diseases do not spread well through ear wax, but it may be possible to catch diseases transmitted through body fluids via ear wax.
W. G. Porter has written: 'Diseases of the throat, nose, and ear' -- subject(s): Throat, Ear, Diseases, Nose
Kent Oscanyan Foltz has written: 'Diseases of the nose, throat and ear' -- subject(s): Diseases, Throat, Ear, Nose