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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
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You are here: Experts > Science > Neurosciences > Acoustic Neuroma > suden hearing loss
Expert: Eric P. Wilkinson, MD
Date: 2/14/2008
Subject: suden hearing loss
Question
Doctor, my dad age 75 two weeks ago, had a sudden hearing loss in his one ear, a few days later we got him to see the ear doctor and he was given a hearing test which revealed significant hearing loss. He has no other symptoms. He has a past medical history of a blocked vertebral artery which he sees a neurologist for, and is on plavix for that. We also seen his neurologist who ordered blood work and a CT scan with dye to check his arteries in the brain. He has been on prednisone for about 9 days with regaining slight hearing which he describes as tinny sounding, i think the doctors are leading to a vascular cause of his problem, he also had alot of blood work ordered by the neurologist, can you shed anything that may be of help in this matter, thanks
Answer
I think that things have been managed well; I would recommend an MRI of the brain and brainstem with gadolinium to rule out an acoustic neuroma. If the hearing loss is severe, and does not resolve, he may be a candidate for a bone anchored hearing aid to route sound to the good ear. Hope this helps. Good luck!
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