title: [Renewal of a hearing aid is a medical task].
abstract: A 67 year-old man was known to have a right-sided hearing loss with a normal discrimination score (DS) and was treated with a hearing aid (HA) in the right ear. An MRI-scan was normal. In 2006 and 2010 the HA was renewed at a private hearing aid clinic. No DS was performed. At the audiology clinic we found a masked DS of 0% and progression of the hearing loss. An MRI-scan revealed a vestibular schwannoma (VS) on the right side. The patient was fitted with an HA in the left ear and MRI-scans every six months. A masked DS could have revealed the VS and correct treatment thus could have been initiated sooner.
authors.affiliation: Audiologisk Klinik, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Peter Sabroes Gade 6, Bygning 14F, Aarhus C. linda@linnebjerg.com
authors.forename: Linda Busk
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Linnebjerg
authors.forename: Randi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wetke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006310:Hearing Aids; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis