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Left Ear Stopped Hearing. Done MRI. What Would Be The Reason?

Recently my myms hearing stopped in her left ear doctor sent her to hospital did an hearing test and she no sound at all so the doc made her an appointment to have an mri she had it today and they said theres something there and she will get results in nxt 10 days could anybody advise on wat it cud be i am worrying for mum but trying to keep a brave face on help please really worried x
Tue, 29 Oct 2013
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As your doctor has said that there is something in MRI which can be reason for total loss of hearing, the cause can be mass in the cerebello-pontine angle or internal acoustic meatus region which is usually visible on MRI. There can be many other reasons for complete loss of hearing but most of these are not an MRI findings. Anyway most of these mass lesions have good prognosis except regarding hearing which in anyway is already gone. So, Relax and wait for the MRI report. No medicines are needed for this. Otherwise steroids are given for conditions where there are usually no findings on MRI. Regards
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Left Ear Stopped Hearing. Done MRI. What Would Be The Reason?

As your doctor has said that there is something in MRI which can be reason for total loss of hearing, the cause can be mass in the cerebello-pontine angle or internal acoustic meatus region which is usually visible on MRI. There can be many other reasons for complete loss of hearing but most of these are not an MRI findings. Anyway most of these mass lesions have good prognosis except regarding hearing which in anyway is already gone. So, Relax and wait for the MRI report. No medicines are needed for this. Otherwise steroids are given for conditions where there are usually no findings on MRI. Regards