| Recent Answers from Dina Q Goldin, Ph.D. |
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2008-11-22 neurinoma tumour of ponto cerebellar angle: For many AN patients, the best is to avoid invasive treatment -- i.e. radiosurgery, GK (Gamma Knife) or FSR (Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery). It is true that the skill of a surgeon greatly affects...
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2008-11-14 hypo-FRS: There is sufficient research to show that either 3 or 5 treatments of FRS have higher hearing preservation rates than either the longer protocol (25-30 treatments) or Gamma Knife, which is one session...
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2008-11-10 possible AN: Your symptoms are consistent with AN. Standard hearing tests, which ask you to listen to beeps, are not useful for ANs. The problem with these tests is that ANs often distort the way you hear different...
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2008-11-10 Acoustic Neuroma: I do not blame you for trying to avoid surgery. AN surgery is very risky, and in my opinion does not make sense if alternative treatments exist that are much less risky. Tumors your size are certainly...
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2008-11-05 Hurting Ear: Clearly, whatever is causing problems with your ear cannot be seen externally. Something is going on inside your head, and GPs are not much help there. You need to be working with a specialist rather...
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