Prosthetic Stimulation of the Vestibular Nerve Can Evoke Robust Eye and Head Movements Despite Prior Labyrinthectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Hypothesis

Prosthetic electrical stimulation can evoke compensatory eye and head movement despite vestibular implant electrode insertion occurring years after prior labyrinthectomy.

Background

Vestibular implants sense head rotation and directly stimulate the vestibular nerve, bypassing damaged end organs. Animal research and current clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of this approach. However, candidacy criteria for vestibular implants currently require presence of a patent labyrinth in the candidate ear and at least aidable hearing in the opposite ear, thus excluding patients who have undergone prior labyrinthectomy for unilateral Menière's disease that later progressed to bilateral vestibular hypofunction.

Methods

Eight years after right unilateral laby

SUBMITTER: Wiboonsaksakul KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662598 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature