Average hearing loss by gender and age. Normally, nerve hearing loss occurs at a steady symmetric rate as one gets older. One ear should NOT suffer hearing loss at a faster rate compared to the opposite side. The image shown to the side displays average hearing loss based on gender and age. As such, if one ear is hearing significantly worse (known as asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss ), there is cause for concern that there may be something unusual going on (assuming no earwax or ear flu…
Showing posts with label acoustic neuroma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acoustic neuroma. Show all posts
December 19, 2021
May 15, 2020
ENT Surgeon Reviews Medical Scenes from Chicago Med TV Show [VIDEO]
Fauquier ENT invited Dr. Bradley Kesser, Professor of Otolaryngology specializing in Otology-Neurotology at University of Virginia, to take a close and critical review of several ENT-related medical scenes from the hit NBC TV show, Chicago Med S1E3 "Fallback." He breaks down how accurate the scenes are portrayed. This particular episode focused on a violinist who suffered from hearing loss and a fall due to an acoustic neuroma. Check it out ! If this video is well-received, more…
November 03, 2016
Actor Mark Ruffalo Had Surgery to Remove Acoustic Neuroma
Actor Mark Ruffalo suffered from a left acoustic neuroma that required surgical removal in 2001. The surgery left him with a temporary left facial paralysis that took almost one year to resolve causing him to "disappear" from acting for that period of time. Along with his temporary facial paralysis , he also unfortunately permanently lost his left ear hearing. It was only recently that he came forward to fully explain what happened in 2001 given his sudden disappearance from the …
July 14, 2012
ENT Sued for Malpractice for Hearing Loss Due to Acoustic Neuroma
A patient has sued an ENT for failing to workup an asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss (nerve hearing loss greater in one ear compared to the opposite ear) that allegedly deviated from standard of care that ultimately led to permanent hearing damage and facial paralysis . Since January 2008, the plaintiff saw the defendant ENT who performed 3 audiograms that revealed an asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss. In 2010, the plaintiff suffered a sudden sensorineural hearing loss at which t…
August 17, 2010
Cell Phones Causes Brain Tumor (Acoustic Neuroma)
In 2004, there was a Swedish study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology where researchers found that the risk of developing a benign brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma was almost double for those who started to use phones before their diagnosis. In addition, the tumor risk was almost four times higher on the side of the head where the phone was held. An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor that causes symptoms or ringing of the ears ( tinnitus ) as well as hearing loss.…
October 13, 2009
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins Suffered from Acoustic Neuroma (Brain Tumor)
It was revealed in Oct 2009 that celebrity Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of TLC fame (Celebrity Apprentice), that she was diagnosed with a type of benign brain tumor called acoustic neuroma . She underwent surgery in 2006 to have it removed and experienced a difficult recovery especially with balance . One of the earliest symptom of this type of brain tumor is an asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) or a sudden hearing loss only in one ear (SSNHL). This type of unusual hearing …
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