Audiologic management of a patient with a sudden hearing loss and vestibular schwannoma in the contralateral ear.

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  • Anne Schaedler
  • David Hawkins
چکیده

The case of a 59-year-old male with a sudden-onset sensorineural hearing loss in one ear and an incidental finding of an intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma in the contralateral, normally hearing ear is reported. The patient was successfully fitted with a hearing aid in the ear with the sudden hearing loss, which notably had very poor word recognition. The questionable value of word-recognition scores in determining hearing aid candidacy is discussed. The importance of considering nonaudiologic factors in determining hearing aid candidacy is also highlighted.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

دوره 19 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008