There are reports of hearing loss after haemorrhagic brainstem stroke. Cohen et al. (Cohen, Luxon, & Rudge, 1996) reported a bilateral symmetrical hearing loss in a patient with medial brainstem involvement and unilateral hearing loss in a patient with a brainstem lesion prior to the decussation in the pons.
verb (used with object), appeased, appeasing. 1. to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. 2. to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.
apprehend (third-person singular simple present apprehends, present participle apprehending, simple past and past participle apprehended) ( 1 transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of. ( 2 transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest. to apprehend a criminal. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Fuller. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.