Predictors of preoperative tinnitus in unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma

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Objective: Nearly two-thirds of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) are reporting a significantly impaired quality of life due to tinnitus. VS-associated tinnitus is attributed to an anatomical and physiological damage of the hearing nerve by displacing growth of the tumor. In contrast, the current pathophysiological concept of non-VS tinnitus hypothesizes a maladaptive neuroplasticity of the central nervous system to a (hidden) hearing impairment resulting in a subjective misperception. However, it is unclear whether this concept fits to VS-associated tinnitus. This study aims to determine the clinical predictors of VS-associated tinnitus to ascertain the compatibility of both pathophysiological concepts. Methods: This retrospective study includes a group of 478 neurosurgical patients with unilateral sporadic VS evaluated preoperatively regarding the occurrence of ipsilateral tinnitus depending on different clinical factors, i.e., age, gender, tumor side, tumor size (T1-T4 according to the Hannover classification), and hearing impairment (Gardner-Robertson classification, GR1-5), using a binary logistic regression. Results: 61.8% of patients complain about a preoperative tinnitus. The binary logistic regression analysis identified male gender [OR 1.90 (1.25-2.75); p = 0.002] and hearing impairment GR3 [OR 1.90 (1.08-3.35); p = 0.026] and GR4 [OR 8.21 (2.29-29.50); p = 0.001] as positive predictors. In contrast, patients with large T4 tumors [OR 0.33 (0.13-0.86); p = 0.024] and complete hearing loss GR5 [OR 0.36 (0.15-0.84); p = 0.017] were less likely to develop a tinnitus. Yet, 60% of the patients with good clinical hearing (GR1) and 25% of patients with complete hearing loss (GR5) suffered from tinnitus. Conclusion: These data are good accordance with literature about non-VS tinnitus indicating hearing impairment as main risk factor. In contrast, complete hearing loss appears a negative predictor for tinnitus. For the first time, these findings indicate a non-linear relationship between hearing impairment and tinnitus in unilateral sporadic VS. Our results suggest a similar pathophysiology in VS-associated and non-VS tinnitus.

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  • Table 1 | Patient cohort.
  • Table 2 | Logistic regression predicting likelihood of tinnitus based on tumor size, tumor side, hearing impairment, and gender.
  • Table 3 | Logistic regression predicting likelihood of tinnitus based on pure-tone audiometry (PTA).

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Naros, G., Sandritter, J., Liebsch, M., Ofori, A., Rizk, A. R., Del Moro, G., … Tatagiba, M. (2017). Predictors of preoperative tinnitus in unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma. Frontiers in Neurology, 8(AUG). https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00378

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