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Adaptation to steady-state electrical stimulation of the vestibular system in humans

Published inThe Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, vol. 120, no. 3, p. 143-149
Publication date2011
Abstract

Efforts are being made toward the development of a vestibular implant. If such a device is to mimic the physiology of the vestibular system, it must first be capable of restoring a baseline or "rest" activity in the vestibular pathways and then modulating it according to the direction and velocity of head movements. The aim of this study was to assess whether a human subject could adapt to continuous electrical stimulation of the vestibular system, and whether it was possible to elicit artificial smooth oscillatory eye movements via modulation of the stimulation.

Keywords
  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Aged
  • Cochlear Implantation/methods
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Deafness
  • Dizziness/etiology
  • Electric Stimulation/methods
  • Eye Movements
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nystagmus, Physiologic
  • Semicircular Canals/innervation
Citation (ISO format)
GUYOT, Jean-Philippe et al. Adaptation to steady-state electrical stimulation of the vestibular system in humans. In: The Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, 2011, vol. 120, n° 3, p. 143–149.
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