The Scream sends out noise at frequencies that affect the inner ear, creating dizziness and nausea.
Factors that alter the properties of inner ear fluid may help cause Meniere's disease.
The inner ear is a cluster of connected passages and cavities called a labyrinth.
And the inner ear implant will restore some function to her damaged ear, doctors said last week.
Sound travels through the ear drum, the middle ear, and is then processed by the inner ear.
The device is small enough to implant into the middle ear with electrodes connected to the inner ear.
It appears to be the result of the abnormal volume or composition of fluid in the inner ear.
The sudden shift of fluid in their inner ear makes them feel like they turned their head a lot faster.
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The outside of the inner ear is made of bone (bony labyrinth).
There are three bony loops in your inner ear, called semicircular canals, arranged perpendicular to each other to measure movement in three dimensions.
Mr. Dean says it's important to remember that balance comprises three parts: vision, inner ear and proprioception, the body's awareness of itself in space.
Several weeks later, although hearing sensitivity had recovered to normal levels, activity in the auditory nerve connecting the inner ear to the brain remained impaired.
According to researchers at Manchester University, music fans are stimulating part of the inner ear known as the sacculus, which responds to the beat in music.
Today's electrodes are bundles of wires that are fed into the snail-shaped cochlea of the inner ear and stimulate it in as many as 22 places.
In order for all of the sensors in the inner ear to function properly, the fluid needs to retain a certain volume, pressure and chemical composition.
Richards was forced to retire from the game in 2005 after suffering from dizzy spells and headaches - an illness which was initially diagnosed as an inner ear infection.
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The bone conduction transducer allows the wearer to hear audio without the need for in-ear headphones - sound waves are instead delivered through the user's cheekbones and into the inner ear.
The engineers found a way to kick-start a radio-frequency device wirelessly using an external power source initially, but running the device afterward on the output of power generated by the inner ear.
Although Ennis arrives in Barcelona as the world number one and favourite for heptathlon gold, an infection of the inner ear earlier this month left her so dizzy she was unable to train.
Work is still early enough that there's a long way to go before such implants are part of any treatments, but there's hope that future chip iterations could help fix inner ear maladies, not just report on them.
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The Colts granted permission for the Browns to speak with Arians, who was released from the hospital on Wednesday after being treated for an inner ear infection that forced him to miss last week's playoff loss in Baltimore.
The espionage potential of many of the technologies in the In-Q-Tel portfolio are immediately apparent, but there are some surprises, like Sonitus Medical, which makes hearing aids that fit over the teeth and send sounds directly to the inner ear.
The researchers do not know if this is because the patch needs to be in place during early development in order to make a difference or if the patch struggles to make it into the inner ear beyond a certain point.
As sighted drivers do, Mark made active use of his other senses such as sound, listening to the noise the tires generate rolling over the roads, and used the sense of angular and linear acceleration perceived from his inner ear to make judgments and adjustments to the controls of the vehicle.
The scientists showed this biological battery was indeed able to be run the radio device and detect the inner-ear environment for about five hours without compromising the guinea pigs' ability to hear.
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