To Scan or Not to Scan—A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Clinical Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Audiometric Protocols for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening of Vestibular Schwannomas

Abstract

Development of an easy-to-apply algorithm incorporating high-sensitivity audiometric protocols may result in significant cost saving, with minimal clinical risk of missing cases. There was disparity between screening costs and monetary "benefit" of hearing.