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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;125:234-235.

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Doyle described the ABR audiometry technique, reviewed the literature, and compared this method with MRI, which is still the criterion standard for diagnosing small cerebellopontine angle tumors. I agree with most of the discussion but would also like to describe the protocol used by our faculty in patients with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and state some of the reasons for our choices.

Figure appears in full text version. Horst R. Konrad, MD

In our community, there are 2 hospitals and 1 freestanding radiology unit available to provide MRI scanning with gadolinium contrast and fast spin-echo, using search coils without contrast to scan the area of the internal auditory canal and adjacent brainstem. The cost of the various procedures varies as much as 50% between the 3 facilities providing these services, and in cases in which managed care does not dictate where the patient is sent, we recommend that patients obtain their scans at the institution with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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