The Next Challenges of Vestibular Implantation in Humans.

ABSTRACT: Patients with bilateral vestibulopathy suffer from a variety of complaints, leading to a high individual and social burden. Available treatments aim to alleviate the impact of this loss and improve compensatory strategies. Early experiments with electrical stimulation of the vestibular nerve in combination with knowledge gained by cochlear implant research, have inspired the development of a vestibular neuroprosthesis that can provide the missing vestibular input. The feasibility of this concept was first demonstrated in animals and later in humans. Currently, several research groups around the world are investigating prototype vestibular implants, in the form of vestibular implants as well as combined cochlear and vestibular implants. The aim of this review is to convey the presentations

SUBMITTER: Stultiens JJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504197 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature