Postoperative Tinnitus After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery Depends on Preoperative Tinnitus and Both Pre- and Postoperative Hearing Function

Postoperative Tinnitus After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery Depends on Preoperative Tinnitus and Both Pre- and Postoperative Hearing Function

ObjectiveTinnitus is one of the most common symptoms before and/or after the surgical removal of a vestibular schwannoma (VS) affecting almost half of the patients. Although there is increasing evidence for the association of hearing impairment and VS-associated tinnitus, the effect of hearing deter...

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Main Authors: Leonidas Trakolis, Florian H. Ebner, Kathrin Machetanz, Joey Sandritter, Marcos Tatagiba, Georgios Naros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
vestibular schwannoma
tinnitus
predictors
hearing impairment
maladaptive neuroplasticity
logistic regression
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00136/full

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