Acoustic neuroma, also called vestibular schwannoma, is a type of benign (noncancerous) tumor. It starts in the cells that wrap around the hearing and balance nerve that connects your ear to your ...

Intraoperative electromyographic monitoring of the facial nerve during acoustic neuroma excision provides early detection of nerve injury and improved outcome. To determine whether a useful level ...

This question and others about this type of tumor, also known as acoustic neuroma, were of interest ... to the functional integrity of the facial nerve, hearing preservation, and the quality ...

Katie Barnes was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumour attached to the nerve which controls hearing and balance 46-year-old first noticed she was losing her hearing in April 2012 ...