The high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss

Janet is a department secretary at a university. She has noticed difficulty hearing faculty and students in her left ear over the last few months. She compensates by turning her right ear to people when they speak to her. In addition to this left ear hearing loss, Janet has begun to experience a ringing in her left ear and some dizziness. Janet was referred to an audiologist by her primary care physician, who diagnosed her with high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. The audiologist referred Janet to a neurologist who ordered an MRI. The MRI revealed a brain tumor on the eighth cranial nerve.