Auditory Findings in 200 Cases of Acoustic Neuromas

MANY ARTICLES regarding auditory findings in confirmed retrocochlear lesions have appeared since Jerger's 1960 report.¹⁻⁵The rationale for a specific battery of audiological tests has been well established.⁶ ⁸The review of the literature has been adequately reported in previous studies. The article, Auditory Findings in 53 Cases of Acoustic Neuromas in theArchives of Otolaryngologymonograph dated 1964⁹reported results for pure tone air conduction configurations, speech test results, Bekesy audiometry results, and SISI test scores. In addition, the correlates of auditory tests were reported together with the consistency of anticipated auditory results and details of the inconsistent results. An attempt was made to associate inconsistent findings with the size of the lesion. Many questions have arisen since 1964. Would a larger series of cases confirm the findings reported in the group of 53 cases? Are auditory tests still of significance in the diagnosis of acoustic