Background The receptors for hearing and balance are housed together in the labyrinth of
the inner ear and share the same fluids. Surgical damage to either receptor system was …

Single-sided deafness patients are now being considered candidates to receive a cochlear
implant. With this, many people who have undergone a unilateral vestibular labyrinthectomy …

Objective The vestibular implant seems feasible as a clinically useful device in the near
future. However, hearing preservation during intralabyrinthine implantation remains a …

Dizziness and vertigo frequently occur after cochlear implantation (CI) surgery, particularly
during the early stages. It could recover over time but some of the patients suffered from …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe the histology of the peripheral
vestibular system in temporal bones from patients who in life had undergone cochlear …

Background: Pathologic third window has been investigated in both animals and humans,
with a third window located in the vestibular apparatus, specifically, dehiscence of the …

Vestibular function in cochlear implant candidates varies from normal to total absence of
function. In patients with intact vestibular function preoperatively, invasion of the otic capsule …

Numerous reports indicate that the cochlea remains responsive to electrical stimulation
following labyrinthectomy. We report a case of a 47-year-old woman with a severe to …

The vestibular system was only recognized in modern times. Working in the late eighteenth-
century, Antonio Scarpa described the semicircular canals (SCCs) and ampullae, together …

Conclusion Vestibular function in patients can be damaged following cochlear implantation.
Therefore, assessing the pre-operative vestibular status, carefully choosing the side of …