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Can a Medical Device Restore Your Balance?
Richard Stephens’ brain felt as if it were jiggling around inside his skull. If he turned his head, his vision wobbled for a ...
Vestibular disease is a term for anything unusual affecting the vestibular portion of the nervous system. The central nervous system, including the inner ear, middle ear, and some brain parts, is ...
However, this overarching idea that dance training changes the vestibular system is also backed up by brain scans. For instance, a 2014 study of ballet dancers, ...
Carabello, who lives in Philadelphia, didn’t know much about the vestibular system, an inner-ear sensory system that sends signals to the brain and helps people maintain their balance and spatial ...