Don't Ignore the Signs
One's ability to hear may decrease as they age. However, these symptoms may not always be the case of old age. A Chicago woman dismissed her one-sided hearing as a product of aging, but became worried when her face began to tingle. Once scanned with an MRI, doctors were able to diagnose a benign brain tumor.
"Too often, seemingly minor hearing loss is trivialized and ignored. If it is in one ear in a person at midlife, that can be a sign of a tumor growing" explains one doctor to the Chicago Tribune.
The woman had an acoustic neuroma, a brain tumor on a cranial nerve leading to the inner ear. According to the Chicago Tribune, over 2,500 people in the US are diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma each year. People should be aware of signs their body sends to identifying a problem within their system.
