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Inner ear weakness
How common it is to have 7th nerve facial nerve little weakness when you have inner ear cochlear nerve weakness too? I mean most of the people who do have cochlear nerve weakness will have the adjacent nerve little affected..?
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Hi.
It is not a rule that if the 8th nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve) is weak, the 7th nerve (facial nerve) should be weak. This happens in a condition where either there is an infection or tumor in the area which is common to both nerves (Internal Auditory Canal). If someone does have a weakness of both the nerves, it must be evaluated in detail at the earliest.
Regards, Dr Aanchal A Mittal, Therapeia centre, Bangalore
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Hi detailed history needed
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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar
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Please provide detailed history for proper evaluation and management. 7 th nerve weakness has so many causes
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