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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, Supplement 1. Considerations in the Design of Studies of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Jan. - Feb., 1991), pp. S109-S111 (3 pages) Patients with chronic fatigue ...

What Is a Vestibular Disorder? A vestibular disorder occurs when a disease, condition, or injury interferes with your body's balance system. A link between your inner ear and your brain helps you keep ...

The first direct evidence showing how the vestibular system's horizontal canals play a key role in sensing our direction in the environment has been uncovered by scientists. Dartmouth researchers have ...

Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS)—using a handheld device that delivers a mild electrical current through the skin of the neck in two-minute applications that stimulate the vagus nerve—was ...

After 50, your likelihood of developing a condition called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) increases. This condition is known to cause lightheadedness, nausea, and “the spins" — which is ...