A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea

Plain language summary Receptors for the hearing and balance systems are located in the inner ear. These are very delicate structures that convert sound and movement into nerve signals to control hearing and balance. Surgical damage to either system was widely believed to cause loss of function in t...

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Auteurs principaux:	Stefan K. Plontke, Torsten Rahne, Ian S. Curthoys, Bo Håkansson, Laura Fröhlich
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7184b1dfb3a546c2a03676bbd7f0f9a62021-12-02T17:13:16ZA case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea10.1038/s43856-021-00036-w2730-664Xhttps://doaj.org/article/7184b1dfb3a546c2a03676bbd7f0f9a62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00036-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2730-664XPlain language summary Receptors for the hearing and balance systems are located in the inner ear. These are very delicate structures that convert sound and movement into nerve signals to control hearing and balance. Surgical damage to either system was widely believed to cause loss of function in the other. Here, we investigated the function of the balance receptors before and after severe damage to the part of the inner ear which is responsible for hearing (the cochlea) due to surgical removal of tumurs. We show that despite the close proximity of both types of receptors and the severe trauma to the cochlea, in most patients the balance system can still function normally. This observation may have important implications for how we treat patients with inner ear surgery and for the techniques we use to treat hearing and balance disorders.Stefan K. PlontkeTorsten RahneIan S. CurthoysBo HåkanssonLaura FröhlichNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRENCommunications Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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description	Plain language summary Receptors for the hearing and balance systems are located in the inner ear. These are very delicate structures that convert sound and movement into nerve signals to control hearing and balance. Surgical damage to either system was widely believed to cause loss of function in the other. Here, we investigated the function of the balance receptors before and after severe damage to the part of the inner ear which is responsible for hearing (the cochlea) due to surgical removal of tumurs. We show that despite the close proximity of both types of receptors and the severe trauma to the cochlea, in most patients the balance system can still function normally. This observation may have important implications for how we treat patients with inner ear surgery and for the techniques we use to treat hearing and balance disorders.
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author	Stefan K. Plontke Torsten Rahne Ian S. Curthoys Bo Håkansson Laura Fröhlich
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title	A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
title_short	A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
title_full	A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
title_fullStr	A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
title_full_unstemmed	A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
title_sort	case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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A case series shows independent vestibular labyrinthine function after major surgical trauma to the human cochlea

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