Can an Acoustic Neuroma Affect the Tongue?
An acoustic neuroma is a slow growing brain tumor that, if not caught earlier, can start affecting nerves that involve the face. The nerve that controls facial function is not the same as the one [...]
Can an Acoustic Neuroma Cause Dripping from the Nose?
Persistent dripping or draining from the nose is a concerning symptom and has a possible connection to an acoustic neuroma. This brain tumor almost always affects just one ear and is benign and slow growing. [...]
Symptoms of a Small Acoustic Neuroma vs. Large Tumor
An acoustic neuroma is a brain tumor that grows slowly and can cause a variety of symptoms that usually correspond to its size: small or large, or somewhere in between. […]
What the Tinnitus of Acoustic Neuroma Sounds Like
Because an acoustic neuroma is a brain tumor that causes tinnitus in one ear, one has to wonder what it actually sounds like. […]
Can Facial Twitching Be Caused by an Acoustic Neuroma?
There are many causes of twitching involving the face, and a type of brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma can be one of them. But if you have an acoustic neuroma, facial twitching should not [...]
Side Effects of Gamma Knife for Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Gamma Knife surgery is one of the treatment options for an acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor. But Gamma Knife surgery can have side effects. If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, you [...]
Can a Meningioma Be Mistaken for Acoustic Neuroma?
Because the cells of benign, slow-growing brain tumors divide slowly, the shrinkage effect of targeted radiation can take three years to show significant reduction in tumor size. If you’ve been diagnosed with an [...]
Salty or Metal Taste After Acoustic Neuroma Surgery: Solutions?
You aren’t imagining it: If you think your mouth tastes salty or metallic from your acoustic neuroma surgery, you’re correct. […]
What Is the “Best” Kind of Brain Tumor to Have?
Any brain tumor is bad news, but there are the deadliest and then there are “good” ones – from a relative standpoint, of course. If you could choose a particular [...]
Can One Pupil More Dilated Mean a Brain Tumor?
A brain tumor can cause one pupil to be bigger or more dilated than the other. But so can less serious conditions including totally benign. […]
Cause of Chronic Tinnitus Suddenly Getting Worse
The cause of chronic tinnitus suddenly becoming worse ranges from more mental stress than usual to a brain tumor. […]
Cause of Headaches and Swooshing Sound in Ears
One of the possible causes of new-onset headaches and a swooshing sound in the ears will really surprise you. In fact, doctors failed to figure out what was causing these symptoms in a 14-year-old girl. [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause a Swooshing Noise in the Ear?
The potential causes of a swooshing noise inside the ear can be deadly. When someone begins noticing a “whooshing” sound in their ear, a brain tumor is often the first possible cause that comes to [...]
Labyrinthitis vs. Brain Tumor Symptoms Comparison
Yes, there’s overlap with the symptoms of labyrinthitis and a brain tumor. A brain tumor can cause so many more symptoms than what is typically described in pamphlets. The vast array of symptoms that a [...]
What Percentage of Acoustic Neuromas Are Malignant?
Yes, there are cases in which an acoustic neuroma, a normally benign brain tumor, starts out as malignant. […]
Time Span Between Tinnitus of Acoustic Neuroma & Hearing Loss
Tinnitus and hearing loss that are caused by an acoustic neuroma don’t always come on at the same time, even though this symptom duo is rather common among those with an acoustic neuroma. [...]
Small Acoustic Neuroma: Watchful Waiting vs. Transcanal Removal
Why suffer the ongoing anxiety of watchful waiting for a small acoustic neuroma when you can just have it be done and over with via transcanal removal? Watchful waiting may sound like a brilliantly conservative [...]
How Soon After Tinnitus Is Hearing Loss from Acoustic Neuroma?
Tinnitus is a common symptom of an acoustic neuroma. So is hearing loss. And in fact, when both tinnitus and hearing loss occur in only one ear, this is highly suspicious for an acoustic neuroma. [...]
Do All Acoustic Neuromas Cause Hearing Loss?
An acoustic neuroma is a benign brain tumor that frequently leads to hearing loss before it’s diagnosed. In some cases of acoustic neuroma — which is a benign brain tumor — the first symptom to [...]
Causes of Unilateral Tinnitus Other than Acoustic Neuroma
Acoustic neuroma is diagnosed at the rate of one out of about every thousand cases of unilateral (one-sided) tinnitus. But the causes of the remaining 999 cases are not as varied as you may believe. [...]
Can the Tinnitus of Acoustic Neuroma Be Subtle?
If your tinnitus is barely noticeable and quite subtle, can this rule out the possibility of an acoustic neuroma? […]
Can Fullness in Ear Come and Go with Acoustic Neuroma?
If you’re experiencing a fullness or pressure in one ear that comes and goes and you fear that this might be an acoustic neuroma, the chances that this symptom is being caused by this benign [...]
Can an Acoustic Neuroma Cause Heart Palpitations?
An acoustic neuroma and heart palpitations can be associated with each other, but if your heart palpitations are really beginning to worry you, you should be examined by a cardiologist. […]
Can Acoustic Neuroma Cause Symptoms in the Opposite Ear?
If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma or think you have one in one ear, and then you start developing symptoms in the opposite ear, this may be a situation in which you assume [...]
Can Unilateral Tinnitus of Acoustic Neuroma Seem Bilateral?
Should you exclude acoustic neuroma as the cause of your tinnitus if the “ringing” is in both ears? Ninety-five percent of acoustic neuroma patients have the tumor in only one ear. The remaining five percent [...]
Under what Circumstances Can Acoustic Neuroma Be Fatal ?
Do you keep reading that an acoustic neuroma “can be fatal”? Is this scaring the daylights out of you, especially since your tinnitus has not yet been evaluated? It’s true that an acoustic neuroma can [...]
Can Acoustic Neuroma Grow on Brainstem with No Symptoms ?
When an acoustic neuroma encroaches on the brainstem, this is when things start getting really dangerous, and symptoms can be quite variable. Anything that presses on the brainstem is a very serious matter. An acoustic neuroma [...]
Can the Tinnitus of an Acoustic Neuroma Come and Go ?
Tinnitus is a common symptom of an acoustic neuroma and is far more likely to be unilateral than in both ears. The question to worried tinnitus sufferers is if an acoustic neuroma can cause an [...]
Acoustic Neuroma Endoscopic Surgery: Removed thru Ear Canal
Finally, endoscopic surgery for the removal of an acoustic neuroma has arrived, in which the tumor is removed through the ear canal using an endoscope. […]
Best Procedure for Preserving Hearing in Acoustic Neuroma
There are different kinds of surgeries for acoustic neuroma treatment, and overall, the prognosis for preserving hearing is poor. You may be wondering what is the best of these procedures – “best” being a relative [...]
Is There a Drug that Can Stop Acoustic Neuroma Growth ?
The possibility that a common over the counter drug can stop or slow down the growth of an acoustic neuroma is very promising. If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, and your doctor has [...]
High Dose vs. Low Dose Radiation for Acoustic Neuroma Treatment
Higher radiation doses for acoustic neuroma can actually damage hearing, but are lower doses enough to destroy this tumor or at least stop it from growing more? When radiation is used, the vast majority of [...]
Acoustic Neuroma: Gamma Knife (Radiation) or Regular Surgery?
In plain English which is better for acoustic neuroma treatment: radiosurgery (pinpointed radiation on the tumor) or “under the knife” surgery in which the tumor is cut out? If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic [...]