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Acoustic Neuroma

Background

Acoustic Neuroma: Vestibular Schwannoma

An Acoustic Neuroma is a non-cancerous, usually slow growing, tumour of the VIII cranial nerve. Acoustic neuromas are one of the most common brain tumours affecting approximately 1 in 100,000 persons a year. The tumour is usually located at the base of the brain where the nerve leaves the skull and enters the bony structure of the inner ear.

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Medical text written July 2002 by Contact a Family. Approved July 2002 by Dr R Davies, Consultant Audiological Physician, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

 

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