Acoustic neuromas are quite rare. Each year somewhere between 1 and 25 people in every million receive a diagnosis of acoustic neuroma or two in the case of NF2 tumors. Children are generally not susceptible and more women develop them than men. They represent about 6% of all diagnosed brain tumors.

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