What Are the Symptoms of Unilateral Acoustic Neuromas?
An acoustic neuroma is a tumor located on the nerve that supplies the inner ear. Unilateral acoustic neuromas are acoustic neuromas that only affect one ear. The tumor affects the eighth cranial nerve and is responsible for 7 percent of all tumors within the skull, states The Merck Manual. The tumor can expand and damage the fifth and seventh cranial nerves. The damage to these three nerves is the direct cause of the symptoms associated with acoustic neuroma.
