Below is a blog of what possibly led up to a 2cm acoustic neuroma diagnosed on 18 May 2004 and post diagnosis coordination.  It is merely anecdotal, from a humble engineer's perspective, and cannot be used as professional medical advice.
1) Pushing myself to my physical limits
2) Tinnitus: What's that ringing, turbine sound?
3) Is the ringing just due to an inner ear infection?
4) MRI diagnosis
5) Scramble for AN microsurgeons & web data
6) Meeting ex-AN patients and alternative treatments
7) 2nd MRI: Have the bomoh & NMT treatments worked?
8) Reasonings & Decision Making
9) In the best of hands
10) Post Fossa Craniotomy & Microsurgical Excision of AN
11) Recovery
12) Recuperation
13) Vestibular Rehabilitation
14) Post-op MRI