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Pre-Treatment Options => Pre-Treatment Options => Topic started by: PaulW on December 02, 2014, 10:50:34 pm

Title: 93% Hearing Preservation
Post by: PaulW on December 02, 2014, 10:50:34 pm

Interesting paper showing 93% hearing preservation for small AN's 10mm or less and being under 55 years of age

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25434946

Title: Re: 93% Hearing Preservation
Post by: bethtretrault on December 03, 2014, 04:18:28 am

Good news! Am reconsidering treatment options should I need them. Thanks for the link.

Title: Re: 93% Hearing Preservation
Post by: ANGuy on December 03, 2014, 06:39:57 pm

I am not refuting this article, but I am going to say that it means nothing to me.  It needs some type of corroboration outside this one facility.  My personal opinion of this article is that it is designed to promote whatever institution had these wonderful results as they seem a bit far-fetched to me.  Virtually everyone treated had tumor shrinkage, basically perfect hearing, and the elimination of all other symptoms and lived happily ever after without a care.