An electronic prosthesis mimicking the dynamic vestibular function

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Shkel, Andrei M ^a   Zeng, Fan Gang ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical system gyroscope; Unilateral vestibular prosthesis; Vestibular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; IMPLANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR IMPLANT; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR PROSTHESIS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE;

EID: 31544435478     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090684     Document Type: Review

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