We are investigating many aspects of vestibular schwannoma, particularly ways to improve surgery in challenging cases." Christine Dinh, M.D., Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Director, ...

The translabyrinthine approach is an option for removing a benign ear tumor called an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. Surgeons make an incision behind the ear and remove bone from the inner ...

Hearing loss, ringing in your ear, unexplained dizziness - many people might think it's just the typical signs of aging. But for some, it can be much more: Acoustic neuromas, although rare, can be ...

When Brenda Anderson, a 38-year-old marketing manager and single mom of two boys, woke up one morning in July 2018, she couldn't hear well in one ear. It felt like she needed to pop her ear after ...

Kelly Stafford, wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, is back home and resting after a 12-hour brain surgery. Stafford shared in early April that she was experiencing symptoms of a rare, ...

Experts are recommending early post-surgical assessment -- preferably within 24 hours -- for trouble chewing and swallowing food, or speaking normally, among patients who have had benign tumors ...

AN amputation neuroma may form from the cut ends of nerve fibers divided in the course of surgery on the biliary tree, just as it may occur elsewhere in the body. A tumor results that is not a true ...