About Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Expertise I am a board-certified otolaryngologist with additional subspecialty training in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery. This is the subspecialty of otolaryngology that involves the ear, hearing, balance organs, the facial nerve, and surgery of the skull base including surgery for acoustic neuroma and other benign and malignant tumors of the base of the skull.
Experience Medical school, residency in otolaryngology, fellowship in otology/neurotology/skull base surgery
Organizations American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
North American Skull Base Society
American Neurotology Society
Publications Laryngoscope Otology and Neurotology
Education/Credentials MD Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 2001
Otolaryngology Residency, University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology, Iowa City, IA
Otology/Neurotology Fellowship, House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Expert: Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Date: 2/26/2008 Subject: Loss of Hearing and TMJ symptoms
Question I am 47 years old, female and have had a gradual loss of hearing over the last year or more. An MRI was done awhile ago to look for an acoustic neuroma, but nothing was found. In the past few weeks, I've noticed a fullness in my right ear -- the one that has lost hearing for awhile -- and also some symptoms of TMJ -- jaw clicking and difficulty opening mouth wide. Is it possible that there is an acoustic neuroma growing larger and effecting my jaw? Or would the TMJ symptoms be separate from the hearing loss?
Answer TMJ symptoms and hearing loss are almost always separate.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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