 Fauquier ENT News
At least once a month, I encounter a patient who has suffered a sudden onset significant hearing loss in one ear. One moment, hearing was fine... and the next moment, hearing had significantly degraded without any apparent triggering event (ie, shooting gun, loud fireworks, loud concert, etc). No other symptoms are present. Just the hearing loss. Ear examination is normal without any earwax or ear fluid presence. Hearing test shows nerve hearing loss present in the affected ear. There are several hypothesis as to why this may occur including vascular (ie, ear mini-stroke), auto-immune, neurological (ie, multiple sclerosis), tumor (ie, acoustic neuroma), and infectious. The prevailing opinion is that such sudden sensorineural... Read the whole entry... » 
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