Deafness: acquired causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Deafness: acquired causes. Vascular, Cerebellopontine angle tumours, Neuroinflammatory, Others. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Central causes
- Vascular
- Cerebellopontine angle tumours
- Neuroinflammatory
- Others
Otologic
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Autoimmune
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Infective
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Drug-induced
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References
- Overell J, Lindahl A. Neuro-otological syndromes for the neurologist. JNNP 2004; 75(Suppl IV):iv53-iv59.
- Lee H, Yi HA, Baloh RW. Sudden bilateral simultaneous deafness with vertigo as a sole manifestation of vertebrobasilar insufficiency. JNNP 2003; 74:539-541.
- Deplanque D, Godefroy O, Guerouaou D. Sudden bilateral deafness: lateral inferior pontine infarction. JNNP 1998; 64:817-818.
- Johans SJ, Swong KN, Burkett DJ, et al. Clival meningocele causing bilateral hearing loss in a child due to superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2018; 21:498-503.
- Graveran-Perez K, Kaminoff L, Reyes CZ, Ambrose T, Miller E. Acute bilateral hearing loss: an unheard of thalamic syndrome. Neurologist 2026; 31:18-21.
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