ReviewNeurosurgical review2016
Hearing loss in hydrocephalus: a review, with focus on mechanisms.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hearing Outcomes Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Audiovestibular manifestations of intracranial hypotension: a descriptive clinical series.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Observational
- Pathological Insights into Lassa Virus-Induced Vestibular Dysfunction in Mice: Histopathological Analysis of the Inner Ear Vestibular Apparatus.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Sex differences in adverse events in Medicare individuals ≥ 66 years of age post glioblastoma treatment.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2024Article
- Low-Frequency Air-Bone Gap and Pulsatile Tinnitus Due to a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Considerations upon Possible Pathomechanisms and Literature Review.Audiology research · 2023Article
- Enhancement of subarachnoid space during magnetic resonance imaging of endolymphatic hydrops: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- Balance impairment in survivors of pediatric brain cancers: risk factors and associated physical limitations.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Article
- Restoration of Balance and Unilateral Hearing Using Alternating and Filtering Auditory Training in Shunt-Treated Hydrocephalus Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2018Article
- Profound hearing loss following surgery in pediatric patients with posterior fossa low-grade glioma.Neuro-oncology practice · 2018Article
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Abstract
While neither hydrocephalus nor cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt placement is traditionally considered in the differential diagnosis of hearing loss, there is substantial evidence that CSF circulation and pressure abnormalities can produce auditory dysfunction. Several indirect mechanisms may explain association between hydrocephalus and hearing loss, including mass effect, compromise of the auditory pathway, complications of prematurity, and genetically mediated hydrocephalus and hearing loss. Nevertheless, researchers have proposed a direct mechanism, which we term the hydrodynamic theory. In this hypothesis, the intimate relationship between CSF and inner ear fluids permits relative endolymphatic or perilymphatic hydrops in the setting of CSF pressure disturbances. CSF is continuous with perilymph, and CSF pressure changes are known to produce parallel perilymphatic pressure changes. In support of the hydrodynamic theory, some studies have found an independent association between hydrocephalus and hearing loss. Moreover, surgical shunting of CSF has been linked to both resolution and development of auditory dysfunction. The disease burden of hydrocephalus-associated hearing loss may be large, and because hydrocephalus and over-shunting are reversible, this relationship merits broader recognition. Hydrocephalic patients should be monitored for hearing loss, and hearing loss in a patient with shunted hydrocephalus should prompt further evaluation and possibly adjustment of shunt settings.
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