Acoustic neuroma, also called vestibular schwannoma, is a type of benign (noncancerous) tumor. It starts in the cells that wrap around the hearing and balance nerve that connects your ear to your ...

Things got worse after a hearing test and an MRI that revealed a four ... and neurotology at the UC San Diego Acoustic Neuroma Center. "I don't call them brain tumors, because they're not in ...

This question and others about this type of tumor, also known as acoustic neuroma, were of interest ... use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Interestingly, however, the mean age of affected ...