Significant challenges include improving detection and response to inner ear side effects among cancer survivors following the use of certain drugs and therapies. Krista Bridgmon was 2 years old when ...

For Stephen Greene, an attorney and father of two, the first symptoms of a brain tumor were subtle — and not obviously linked. He first noticed a tingling on the right side of his tongue and a slight ...

Acoustic neuromas are benign (noncancerous) tumors that develop on the nerve that connects your inner ear to your brain. In some cases, an acoustic neuroma doesn’t need immediate treatment and can be ...

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 ...

Ear care, or otology, specifically treats the structure and function of the ear. Ear conditions include hearing and balance disorders, damage or disease of the ear, tumors, and others (see below). Our ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Even when they're extremely small, tumors on the nerves that connect the brain to the ear can wreak havoc on a person's hearing and balance. But removing them is a delicate process ...

A vestibular schwannoma is a slow-growing, benign tumor developing in the nerves that connect the inner ear to the brain. These tumors are not malignant, and produce symptoms by pressure on the ...

The unusual multiplying of cells or malignancy in the ear is an indication of ear cancer. Ear cancer may be mild or sometimes malignant. Of all cancers, ear cancer is rarer. Cancers in the outer ear ...