Acoustic neuroma

Acoustic neuroma: Introduction

Acoustic neuroma: A benign tumor of the 8th cranial nerve which lies in the tube connecting the inner ear to the brain. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acoustic neuroma is available below.

Symptoms of Acoustic neuroma

• Gradual hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Ringing in one ear
• Loss of hearing in one ear
• Symptoms of the tumor pressing on other nerve areas:
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Acoustic neuroma

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Acoustic neuroma: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Acoustic neuroma:

• Tinnitus
• Hearing impairment
• Dizziness
• Facial paralysis
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Acoustic neuroma

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Acoustic neuroma

• Hearing tests
• Head CT scan
• Head MRI scan
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Acoustic neuroma?

• Misdiagnosis of Acoustic neuroma
• Failure to diagnose Acoustic neuroma
• Hidden causes of Acoustic neuroma (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Acoustic neuroma

Acoustic neuroma: Self Assessment Tools

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Acoustic neuroma: Medical Mistakes

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Acoustic neuroma: Undiagnosed Conditions

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  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Acoustic neuroma

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MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which the symptoms...read more »

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Acoustic neuroma: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Gynecological Oncology
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Acoustic neuroma

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Acoustic neuroma, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
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• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Acoustic neuroma: Rare Types

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• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Acoustic neuroma

• Neurofibromatosis-2
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Acoustic neuroma:

• Underlying causes of Acoustic neuroma
• Acoustic neuroma as a symptom

Treatments for Acoustic neuroma

• Surgical tumor removal
• Radiosurgery
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Acoustic neuroma

Medical news articles related to Acoustic neuroma include:

• New Pathways Studied to Repair Nerves
• Researchers Tackle HIV From a New Angle
• Nerve Disorganization May Spur Form of Dyslexia
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Acoustic neuroma

Medical research articles related to Acoustic neuroma include:

• The effect of early customized vestibular rehabilitation on balance after acoustic neuroma resection
• Vestibular schwannoma
• William Hitselberger
• Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction
• ProHealth Care to Webcast Educational Brain Surgery Program
• more research...»

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Videos for Acoustic neuroma

Patient Surveys for Acoustic neuroma

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Prognosis for Acoustic neuroma

Prognosis for Acoustic neuroma: Tumor usually benign but may gradually compress face or brain.

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Reseach about Acoustic neuroma

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Clinical Trials for Acoustic neuroma

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Acoustic neuroma include:

• Phase II Study of the Multichannel Auditory Brain Stem Implant for Deafness Following Surgery for Neurofibromatosis 2 - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• NF2 Natural History Consortium - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• An Implant for Hearing Loss Due to Removal of Neurofibromatosis 2 Tumors - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

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Acoustic neuroma: Broader Related Topics

• Neuroma
• Cancer
• Head Cancer
• Ear conditions
• Head Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Acoustic neuroma

Types of Acoustic neuroma

• Unilateral acoustic neurinoma - one ear only
• Bilateral acoustic neurinoma - both ears
• more types...»

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Definitions of Acoustic neuroma:

A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve - the nerve of hearing. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Acoustic neuroma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Acoustic neuroma, or a subtype of Acoustic neuroma, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)