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  • Title: Acoustic reflexes, auditory brainstem response, and MRI in the evaluation of acoustic neuromas.
    Author: Burkey JM, Rizer FM, Schuring AG, Fucci MJ, Lippy WH.
    Journal: Laryngoscope; 1996 Jul; 106(7):839-41. PubMed ID: 8667979.
    Abstract:
    Patient records were reviewed to determine whether persons with absent acoustic reflexes have a higher incidence of abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR) results in the absence of a cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor than those with normal acoustic reflexes. Results showed patients with absent reflexes to have borderline or abnormal ABR results in 45.2% of the cases. Patients with normal reflexes had borderline or abnormal ABR results in 14.2% of the cases. Results indicate that magnetic resonance imaging is a more appropriate test for patients with absent reflexes, since ABR was often nondiagnostic for a CPA tumor in this group.
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