TY - JOUR
T1 - Progression of hearing loss in acoustic neuromas
AU - Ogawa, Kaoru
AU - Kanzaki, Jin
AU - Ogawa, Shigeo
AU - Tsuchihashi, Nobuaki
AU - Ikeda, Shunya
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - The progression of hearing loss and the factors influencing it are not well understood in patients with acoustic neuroma (AN). We investigated the relationships between the progression of hearing loss and the clinical findings in 42 patients with unilateral AN whose hearing could be examined for a period of 6 months or more. There was a tendency for hearing to deteriorate progressively in the patients with retrocochlear hearing loss, or with a small tumor. Based on these results, we conclude that an operation for hearing preservation should be performed as early as possible in these patients.
AB - The progression of hearing loss and the factors influencing it are not well understood in patients with acoustic neuroma (AN). We investigated the relationships between the progression of hearing loss and the clinical findings in 42 patients with unilateral AN whose hearing could be examined for a period of 6 months or more. There was a tendency for hearing to deteriorate progressively in the patients with retrocochlear hearing loss, or with a small tumor. Based on these results, we conclude that an operation for hearing preservation should be performed as early as possible in these patients.
KW - Acoustic neuroma
KW - Hearing preservation
KW - Progressive hearing loss
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U2 - 10.3109/00016489109130458
DO - 10.3109/00016489109130458
M3 - Article
C2 - 1843575
AN - SCOPUS:0026360101
VL - 111
SP - 133
EP - 137
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
SN - 0001-6489
IS - S487
ER -