Bell Palsy and Acoustic Neuroma (AN) symptoms are similar 1 in 200,000 could be AN. AN is a tumor usually non-cancerous and if I remember correctly it grows off the 8th cranial nerve?.
Usually with AN you will have hearing loss, ringing in ear and pain on that side , facial tingling, balance problems, headaches, concentrations problems. As the tumor grows tongue and gum numbness, migraine's and severe balance problems.
Usually even small AN .5MMs or so can be seen with MRI. The only way you can detect AN early is by hearing test From ENT Specialist , you will loose the sounds of vowels/syllables and tone loss.
I just had my 10th year anniversary 4.8 CM tumor removed. Took me 5 years to recover fully. I was diagnosed with bell palsy twenty years before I found out I had AN, by then it was too late too save the inner ear. I would ask the Neurologist about AN's Get that cleared up from the get go if it was me knowing what I know now?
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