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Acoustic neuromas are noncancerous, usually slow growing tumors that form along the branches of the eighth cranial nerve (also called the vestibulocochlear nerve). This nerve leads from the brain to the inner ear and branches into divisions that play important roles in both hearing and balance.
Acoustic neuromas don't spread like cancerous tumors. As they grow, they can affect hearing, cause ringing in your ear (tinnitus), affect balance, and cause facial weakness or facial numbness
For most acoustic neuromas, the cause at the cellular level is the failure of a "governor" gene to suppress the growth of Schwann cells—those cells responsible for coating nerve fibers with insulation. Without suppression, these cells grow to produce the neuroma.
Acoustic neuroma may be the result of nerve damage caused by environmental factors. The only certain environmental risk factor is past radiation to the head. It's unclear if prolonged exposure to loud noises is a cause of acoustic neuromas. Bilateral acoustic neuromas.
There is no way to prevent acoustic neuroma, but scientists are looking at ways of using gene therapy to control the overproduction of Schwann cells.
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