Cochlear implantation has long been established as a transformative surgical intervention in the management of severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. However, recent investigations highlight a ...

The correlation between vestibular thresholds and balance also suggests that there may be better ways to screen vestibular function and ways to develop therapies that may improve their thresholds. "We ...

Vestibular dysfunction was shown to be a determinant of imbalance in Parkinson disease independent from visual and somatosensory processing changes and nigrostriatal dopaminergic losses. Imbalance in ...

Ten healthy male volunteers were exposed for 4 h to two concentrations [6 and 11.5 11.5 μmol/1 (636 and 1,218 mg/m³)] of m-xylene or/and given single doses (0.4 and 0.8 g/kg) of ethyl alcohol.

The video head impulse test (vHIT) and caloric test can help differentiate Meniere disease (MD) from vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online Aug. 6 in Frontiers in Neurology.

Vestibular rehabilitation involves improving on symptoms involving the vestibular disorders like dizziness, vertigo, visual disturbance or imbalance. Nausea, vomiting, fatigue and the inability to ...

Hyderabad: The human body performs various postural actions in a day from walking to dancing. All these actions are done with the support of postural equilibrium. All the five sense organs working to ...

Boston, Mass. -- A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that vestibular thresholds begin to double every 10 years above the age of 40, representing a decline in our ability ...