title: Hearing preservation in 2.7 cm vestibular schwannoma.
abstract: Hearing preservation is exceedingly difficult in vestibular schwannoma surgery, especially with increasing tumor size. We herein report a case of hearing preservation in a 2.7 cm vestibular schwannoma, where the patient maintained her pre-operative hearing threshold of 55 dB till a year after surgery. Hence, it appears that an attempt at hearing preservation is worth pursuing.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal. lohani_nsx@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lohani
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Devkota
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed