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Bookman Old Style" LANG="0">Jim Ellis writes:<BR>
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rial" LANG="0">What I found is that diplacusis goes hand in hand with tinn=
itis.... <BR>
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My first trip to Nashville resulted in a battery of tests that just told me<=
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what I already knew anyway, and the MRI that I had in Oak Ridge did not<BR>
show any brain tumor.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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I would encourage anyone with the onset of diplacusis to take it seriously, =
and consult a physician as you did. I have known two people with diplacusis,=
in both cases traced to an acoustic neuroma (a benign tumor of the 8t=
h cranial [auditory] nerve).<BR>
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Bob Davis<BR>
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