An implanted device is showing promise in patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH), a debilitating condition that significantly impairs balance. Early research suggests the modified ...

An inner-ear implant may help people with a debilitating balance disorder get steady on their feet again, an early study suggests. The study involved eight patients with bilateral vestibular ...

Unilateral vestibular schwannomas affect only one ear. They account for approximately 8 percent of all tumors inside the skull; one out of every 100,000 individuals per year develops a vestibular ...

I have bilateral vestibular weakness, vestibular migraines and persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD. There is a part of my balance system that theoretically got “amputated” and isn’t going ...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is an autosomal‐dominant disorder characterised by the development of multiple tumours, most notably bilateral vestibular schwannomas. These benign tumours originate ...

Researchers have shown that they can facilitate walking, relieve dizziness and improve quality of life in patients with BVH by surgically implanting a stimulator that electrically bypasses ...