A 34-Year-Old Cellist Visits the Otolaryngology Clinic with the Complaint

A 34-year-old cellist visits the otolaryngology clinic with the complaint of dizziness, decreased ability to hear in her right ear, and the inability to raise the right side of her mouth when smiling. Caloric irrigation of the right ear produces no response. Which of the following would most likely explain the deficits seen in this patient?

A) Large subdural hematoma over the right temporal lobe
B) Squamous cell carcinoma in the right middle ear
C) Acoustic neuroma in the right internal acoustic meatus
D) Large neuroma over the right cerebellar cortex