.... Neurofibromatosis type 2 Deafness Cochlear implantation Auditory brainstem implantation Acoustic tumors Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from mutations in both alleles of a tumorsuppressor gene, localized to the long arm of chromosome 22 and coding for a protein...

...Manuel Don; Betty Kwong; Chiemi Tanaka; Derald Brackmann; Ralph Nelson The failure of standard ABR measures to detect small (≤1 cm) acoustic tumors has led to the use of enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the standard to screen for small tumors. This study investigates the suitability...