The minimal Hounsfield units (HU) in the vestibule in the area of the suspected air were noted. The sectional plane was chosen so that the part of the labyrinth where the cochlea, the lateral ...

It's within the internal auditory canal that the cochlear nerve trunk joins the vestibular nerve to form cranial nerve VIII. When the cochlear nerve enters the brainstem, it innervates or supplies ...

While symptoms and signs of semicircular canal dysfunction have been ... otolith function assessment;• Imaging studies (for example, vestibular endolymphatic hydrops in MRI and otolith dysfunction);• ...

The concept that a source of mechanical energy exists in the cochlea appeared validated when in the late 70s it was discovered that sound is produced by the inner ear. These sounds can be measured by ...