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Acoustic Neuroma Learning Center

The health care provider may diagnose an acoustic neuroma based on your medical history, an examination of your nervous system, or tests.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 12, 2009
Anyone with symptoms of hearing loss should undergo hearing evaluations. Pure tone and speech audiometry are two screening tests that are often used to evaluate hearing. Pure tone audiometry tests to see how well someone can hear tones of differen...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
A careful neurologic examination will reveal the deficits that are characteristic of vestibular schwannoma. Computed tomography ( CT ) or magnetic resonance imagaing ( MRI ) scan may help pinpoint the tumor. Audiometry and brain stem auditory evok...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Anyone with symptoms of hearing loss should undergo hearing evaluations. Pure tone and speech audiometry are two screening tests that are often used to evaluate hearing. Pure tone audiometry tests to see how well someone can hear tones of differen...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
An audiology exam tests your ability to hear sounds. Sounds vary based on their loudness (intensity) and the speed of sound wave vibrations (tone. Hearing occurs when sound waves are converted into electrical energy, which stimulates the nerves of...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 10, 2008
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body; Palpation (feeling the body with ha...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 23, 2009
The health status of populations and of individuals is assessed for many reasons. Assessing needs for care helps guide the allocation of resources— diagnostic assessments guide treatment, prognostic assessments contribute to planning, and assessin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
A computed tomography (CT) scan is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create cross-sectional pictures of the body. See also: Cranial CT scan; Lumbosacral spine CT scan; Orbit CT scan; Thoracic CT scan.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 29, 2008
Computed tomography (CT), formerly referred to as computerized axial tomography (CAT), is a common diagnostic imaging procedure that uses x rays to generate images (slices) of the anatomy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Computed tomography scanning, also called CT scan, CAT scan, or computerized axial tomography, is a diagnostic tool that provides views of internal body structures using x rays. In the field of mental health, a CT scan may be used when a patient s...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Computed tomography (also known as CT, CT scan, CAT, or computerized axial tomography) scans use x rays to produce precise cross-sectional images of anatomical structures.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Computed tomography (CT) scanning is a valuable diagnostic tool that provides physicians with views of internal body structures. During a CT scan, multiple x rays are passed through the body, producing cross-sectional images, or "slices, " on a ca...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Computed tomography (CT) scans are completed with the use of a 360-degree x-ray beam and computer production of images. These scans allow for cross-sectional views of body organs and tissues.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) is a test to measure the brain wave activity that occurs in response to clicks or certain tones.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2008
A cranial computed tomography (CT) scan is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create cross-sectional pictures of the head, including the skull, brain, eye sockets, and sinuses. See: Computed tomography
Source:ADAM
Date:December 22, 2008
Electronystagmography is a test to look at voluntary and involuntary eye movements. It evaluates the acoustic nerve, which runs from the brain to the ears (and control hearing and balance) and the occulomotor nerve, which runs from the brain to th...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 24, 2009
Caloric stimulation is a test which uses differences in temperature to diagnose ear nerve damage.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 26, 2009
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