Hearing
Surgery Associated Toxicity
Surgery related damage
Hearing problems after surgical resection of a brain tumor are unusual.
Tumors may involve the middle ear, the inner ear or the eustachian tube (such as nasopharyngeal tumors and rhabdomyosarcoma). The tumor itself can cause structural damage that lead to deafness.3
Children who require temporary or permanent CSF shunting may experience:
- hearing loss (usually temporary)
- hyperacusis (increased sensitivity to normal levels of sound)3
Hearing loss secondary to surgery with transection of a nerve or disruption of the vascular supply is usually permanent3
