Hearing Loss

New study says MRI is best test for sensorineural hearing loss

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 16th, 2004

National health plan company Kaiser Permanente said that a recent study shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred test for evaluating asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss, rather than auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing.

Asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss, or unequal nerve hearing loss, may indicate the presence of a tumor on or near the auditory nerve along its path from the ear to the brain.

"About 10% of patients in our study with asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss were found to have causative lesions which were shown by MRI," said Dr. Roberto A. Cueva, a specialist in neurotology/skull base surgery in the Kaiser...

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