Is the presence of transient evoked otoacoustic emmissions in ears with acoustic neuroma significant?
One hundred sixty-eight patients admitted for acoustic neuroma removal were involved in this study. In all cases, the size of the tumor and the presence or absence of tinnitus and vertigo or dizziness were evaluated. Investigated functional procedures included bilateral measures of pure-tone audiometry (PTA), auditory brainstem response (ABR), electronystagmography (ENG), and transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs). Thirty-five patients (21%) had normal preoperative TEOAEs in the affected ear, whereas 133 patients (79%) failed to show reproducible responses. The aims of this study were 1. to evaluate what distinguishes patients with preoperative TEOAEs in the pathological ear (group A) from those who had no TEOAE (group B); and 2. to determine in cases of attempted hearing preservation whether preoperative TEOAE presence in the neuroma ear (group C) was predictive of postoperative hearing preservation compared with the group of patients without TEOAEs (group D). The presence of
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