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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2021

Current Understanding of Hearing Loss in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas: A Systematic Review.

Jinlu Gan, Yanling Zhang, Jingnan Wu, Deqiang Lei, Fangcheng Zhang, Hongyang Zhao, Lei Wang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. [Audiological findings and analysis in 93 cases of unilateral vestibular schwannoma].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026
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  15. Hearing rehabilitation for unilateral deafness using a cochlear implant: the influence of the subjective duration of deafness on speech intelligibility.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jinlu GanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yanling ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jingnan WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Deqiang LeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fangcheng ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hongyang ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHearing loss is the most common initial symptom in patients with sporadic vestibular schwannomas (SVS). Hearing preservation is an important goal of both conservative and surgical therapy. However, the mechanism of SVS-associated hearing loss remains unclear. Thus, we performed this systematic review to summarize the current understanding of hearing loss in the SVS and distill a testable hypothesis to further illuminate its underlying mechanism.

methodsA systematic review querying four databases (PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Web of Science) was performed to identify studies evaluating hearing loss in patients with SVS and exploring the potential mechanisms of hearing impairment.

resultsA total of 50 articles were eligible and included in this review. After analysis, the retrieved studies could be categorized into four types: (1) 29 studies explore the relationship between hearing loss and the growth pattern of the tumor (e.g., tumor size/volume, growth rate, tumor location,

conclusionsMultiple factors may contribute to the hearing impairment in SVS, including the growth pattern of tumor, cochlear dysfunction, impairment of auditory pathway and cortex, genetic and molecular changes. However, our current understanding is still limited, and future studies are needed to explore this multifactorial hypothesis and dig deeper into its underlying mechanism.

Indexed as

acoustic neuromascochlear dysfunctionhearing lossmolecular mechanismsystematic reviewtumor growth patternvestibular schwannomas

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PMID34476211
PMCPMC8406761

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