Bruce Jenner of the Kardashians with Hearing Loss Brain Tumor Scare

Image by jla0379 from Wikipedia This past weekend, fans of the TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians found out that Bruce Jenner had what most likely was an asymmetric nerve hearing loss in his high frequencies when he had a hearing test done that lead to a brain tumor scare. What this means is that his ability to hear was much worse in one ear compared with the other... and it was due to nerve damage rather than earwax or fluid in the ears. Whenever there is this type of nerve …

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What is Asymmetric Nerve Hearing Loss

Given my last blog article regarding an ENT who got sued for not doing an MRI after audiogram showing an asymmetric hearing loss, the question that should be on everybody's mind is what IS asymmetric nerve hearing loss on a hearing test ? I am sad to report that there is no clear consensus on what is asymmetric nerve hearing loss. First of all, at its most basic definition, asymmetric nerve hearing loss is when hearing is worse in one ear when compared with the opposite ear due to n…

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