Predictors of Preoperative Tinnitus in Unilateral Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma

Predictors of Preoperative Tinnitus in Unilateral Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma

ObjectiveNearly two-thirds of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) are reporting a significantly impaired quality of life due to tinnitus. VS-associated tinnitus is attributed to an anatomical and physiological damage of the hearing nerve by displacing growth of the tumor. In contrast, the curre...

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Main Authors: Georgios Naros, Joey Sandritter, Marina Liebsch, Alex Ofori, Ahmed R. Rizk, Giulia Del Moro, Florian Ebner, Marcos Tatagiba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
tinnitus
vestibular schwannoma
predictors
binary logistic regression
hearing impairment
tumor size
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00378/full

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