Sudden sensorineural hearing loss as the initial symptom in patients with acoustic neuroma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that patients with acoustic neuroma (AN) sometimes present with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) as an initial symptom. The purpose of this research was to investigate the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of AN in patients initially diagnosed with SSNHL.

Materials and methods

We reviewed retrospectively the medical records of all patients who were treated as SSNHL initially and were later diagnosed with AN after undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at our hospital between 2008 and 2021. Patient demographics, associated complaints (mostly tinnitus and vertigo), the severity of hearing loss, audiogram configurations, auditory brainstem response (ABR), and MRI examination were reviewed and analyzed. In add

SUBMITTER: Song M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9430658 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature