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 …