Asymmetric Hearing Loss as a Population Screening Signal for Vestibular Schwannoma: A Number-Needed-to-Scan Analysis Using NHANES and SEER

This analysis provides population-level data to refine MRI referral thresholds for asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss; audiologists and ENTs should review the specific number-needed-to-scan figures when they are published in full to inform referral criteria.