The tumor may develop within the auditory canal, where the vestibulocochlear nerve which supplies the inner ear penetrates the skull (intracanalicular neuroma) or outside the canal (extra-canalicular neuroma). The vestibulocochlear nerve has two components, the auditory and vestibular portions.
STAR TREK. Long before she played Dr. Katherine Pulaski in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Diana Muldaur did two guest appearances in Star Trek: The Original Series. Her first role in Star Trek: TOS, Dr. Ann Mulhall, served as an astrobiologist aboard the USS Enterprise. Diana's second role in TOS, Dr. Miranda Jones, was a blind telepath.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard was portrayed by British actor Sir Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 - 1994, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine pilot episode  Emissary , Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).