Audiologic management of a patient with a sudden hearing loss and vestibular schwannoma in the contralateral ear.
The case of a 59-year-old male with a sudden-onset sensorineural hearing loss in one ear and an incidental finding of an intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma in the contralateral, normally hearing ear is reported. The patient was successfully fitted with a hearing aid in the ear with the sudden hearing loss, which notably had very poor word recognition. The questionable value of word-recognition scores in determining hearing aid candidacy is discussed. The importance of considering nonaudiologic factors in determining hearing aid candidacy is also highlighted.
Schaedler
Anne
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Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32207, USA. amull@nemours.org
Hawkins
David
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D007839:Functional Laterality; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception; D014825:Vocabulary