The seriousness of Brain Tumours is well known in the medical field. In some cases, hearing loss can be associated with brain disorders. This article talks about Acoustic Neuroma - an uncommon non-carcinogenic brain tumour. An uncommon benign (non-cancerous) tumour observed on the eighth cranial nerve in known as Acoustic Neuroma. It is also called as Vestibular schwannoma or neurolemmoma.
It is associated with vestibulocochlear nerve as it connects the brain to the inner ear. This nerve has two parts - one is responsible for transmitting sound while other aids balancing the information from inner ear to the Brain. These tumours grow slowly. Even if they do not invade the Brain, as they grow, they can develop on the cranial nerve. Acoustic Neuroma is of two types: First one involves Neurofibromatosis type II (NF2); an inherited disorder of noncancerous tumour growth in the nervous…
