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.
Brent Jay Spiner is an American actor, comedian, and singer best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. In 1997, he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact, and was nominated in the same category for portraying Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, a role he reprised in Independence Day: Resurgence. He has also enjoyed a career