title: The contralateral ear after translabyrinthine removal of acoustic neuromas: is there a drill-noise generated hearing loss?
abstract: To determine whether translabyrinthine acoustic surgery may result in a drill-generated, bone-conducted sensorineural hearing impairment in the contralateral ear, the audiograms from 50 consecutive patients with acoustic neuromas undergoing the translabyrinthine approach were compared before and three months after surgery. No case of sensorineural hearing impairment could be demonstrated postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: E.N.T. Department, Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trojaborg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001844:Bone Conduction; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies