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Sudden hearing loss and cerebellopontine angle tumors
Author(s) -
Pensak Myles L.,
Glasscock Michael E.,
Josey Anne Forest,
Jackson C. Gary,
Gulya Aina Julianna
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198510000-00007
Subject(s) - cerebellopontine angle , medicine , hearing loss , audiology , sudden hearing loss , population , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , environmental health
Lesions of the cerebellopontine angle may cause a sudden hearing loss. To illustrate and reaffirm the importance of a thorough neurotologic evaluation we performed a retrospective review of the audiologic and clinical data available on 506 patients with proven lesions of the cerebellopontine angle. Seventy‐seven patients (15.2%) were found to have a history commensurate with sudden hearing loss. We reviewed the relevant audiologic data as well as the clinical circumstances of this select patient population.