Hearing improvement after tumor removal in a vestibular schwannoma patient with severe hearing loss.
We herein report on the hearing improvement obtained after tumor removal in a vestibular schwannoma patient with preoperative severe hearing loss and good otoacoustic emission. Hearing recovery after tumor removal is an uncommon occurrence. As a result, hearing preservation surgery is usually not performed for patients with severe hearing loss. However, patients with a good OAE seem to have a better chance to recover their hearing than those with a poor OAE, even if they have severe hearing loss. As a result, the cochlear function should be evaluated, especially regarding the OAE, before determining the indications for hearing preservation surgery.
Inoue
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Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160 Tokyo, Japan. yas712@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Ogawa
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Kanzaki
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J
D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome