Ménière disease is a balance disorder. It’s caused by an abnormality in part the inner ear called the labyrinth. Fluid build-up here can cause a severe spinning sensation (vertigo) and affect the ...

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The neuromasts are attached to the lateral line canal, a channel filled with endolymph, the same material in your inner ear. In humans, endolymph turns changes in pressure into sound; in fish it gives ...

Knowing these things, there are certain types of food that should be limited, as they can affect hearing health. They include ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- In an article published online Dec. 3 in European Radiology, the authors explore the performance and optimal combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ...

Steve Connor, from King's College London, and colleagues conducted a retrospective, single-center cross-sectional study to assess delayed post-gadolinium "zero-point" endolymph (ZPE) and an optimized ...

The semicircular canals are three tiny tubes in the inner ear. They provide information about head position and movement and help regulate balance.

Daisy Kent, a "The Bachelor" season 28 contestant, is opening up about her diagnosis with Ménière's disease.

In this study, a 3D-real IR sequence was used for real-part reconstruction, and the TI of the inversion recovery sequence was at the middle of the point at which the endolymph and perilymph crossed ...

During the chronic phase, vestibular sedatives, vasodilators to increase labyrinthine blood flow, and diuretics to reduce endolymph pressure are advocated. Elimination of allergens and control of ...

In the cochlea, endolymph is maintained at a positive resting potential, the endocochlear potential (EP), of around +120 mV which is essential for normal hair cell sensitivity. We have used a genetic ...