Please access Videos to view the corresponding videos for this chapter. Facial nerve paralysis can occur during the course of otologic and neurotologic surgery, either intentionally where sacrifice of the facial nerve is inevitable or inadvertently despite meticulous dissection. In…
Introduction Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) is a rare syndrome characterized by bilateral vestibular schwannomas, multiple meningiomas, cranial nerve tumors, spinal tumors, and eye abnormalities. NF2 presents unique challenges to the otologist because hearing loss may be the presenting complaint leading to…
It is estimated that 32 million Americans have a hearing loss severe enough to cause problems with communication. The severity of this loss ranges from mild, in which the individual may have difficulty only when significant background noise is present,…