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Title:

Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo: A Disease Explainable by Inner Ear Mechanics

Author(s):
Hamann, Karl-Friedrich
Abstract:
Many arguments give evidence that benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo, one of the most frequent kinds of vertigo, can be reduced to mechanical processes in the vestibular part of the labyrinth. Based on the assumption that otoliths have departed from their normally fixed position in the otolithic membrane and travel in the semicircular canals, clinical observations find their explanation. Latency between the onset of a head movement and the beginning of the vertiginous sensation, its duration...     »
Keywords:
Benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo; Inner ear mechanics; Free otoliths; Semicircular canals; Vestibular pathophysiology
Journal title:
ORL
Year:
2006
Journal volume:
68
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
329--333
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000095285
Publisher:
S. Karger AG
Publisher address:
Basel, Switzerland
Print-ISSN:
1423-0275
E-ISSN:
1423-0275
Notes:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
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