Potential solutions to several vestibular challenges facing clinicians

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Merfeld, Daniel M ^a,b   Priesol, Adrian ^a,b   Lee, Daniel ^a,b   Lewis, Richard F ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Imbalance; Perception; Prosthesis; Psychophysics; Spatial disorientation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; RADIATION RESPONSE; THERAPEUTIC USE; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 77953758118     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2010-0347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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