Associate Professor Nathan Creber and Associate Professor Bryony Nayagam at the Brain Foundation event. Image: Brain Foundation. A Brain Foundation grant will fund research to give the first direct picture of how acoustic neuroma harms the inner ear. The researchers hope findings will lead to new anti-inflammatory treatments that preserve hearing and balance for people with these benign tumours....
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This is early-stage, grant-funded basic research with no findings yet; no actionable change to clinical practice at this time.
Understanding exactly how acoustic neuroma destroys inner-ear structures could open the door to targeted therapies that preserve hearing — a major unmet need for this patient population.
- 01Brain Foundation grant awarded to Assoc. Prof. Nathan Creber and Assoc. Prof. Bryony Nayagam.
- 02Goal is the first direct characterisation of inner-ear damage mechanisms caused by acoustic neuroma.
- 03Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) commonly causes progressive unilateral hearing loss.
- 04Findings could inform future hearing-preservation strategies during or after tumor management.
- 05Research is at the funding/initiation stage; no results are yet available.
This will be the first direct characterisation of how acoustic neuroma damages the inner ear and causes hearing loss.
press releaseunclear- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- na
- Population
- Not yet defined — research is at grant-award stage
- Intervention
- Characterisation of inner-ear damage mechanisms caused by acoustic neuroma
Primary outcomes
Direct characterisation of how acoustic neuroma damages inner-ear structures; Identification of mechanisms underlying acoustic-neuroma-related hearing loss