Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma with auditory presentation: case study.
An 8-year-old girl complained of decreased hearing and difficulty hearing from her right ear while on the telephone. Pure-tone and speech audiometry, immittance (tympanometry, acoustic reflex thresholds), auditory brainstem response, and transient click-evoked otoacoustic emissions were administered. The results were suggestive of a space-occupying lesion, and the patient was referred to a pediatric neurologist and neurosurgeon. A cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma was found. The patient's audiologic profile is described, along with implications for pediatric neurologic evaluations.
Berg
Abbey L
AL
Department of Communication Studies/Communication Sciences and Disorders, Pace University, New York, NY10038, USA. aberg@pace.edu
Olson
Ty J
TJ
Feldstein
Neil A
NA
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001299:Audiometry; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans