vestibular
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- adjective
- /vɛˈstɪbjələr/
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vestibular
- The vestibular system helps maintain our sense of balance and orientation.
- vestibular system
- vestibular function
- vestibular disorder
And they all had severe vestibular abnormalities.
- And they all had severe vestibular abnormalities.
- And then I can match the vestibular stimulation to your individual sort of unique slow oscillation.
- But what you, what can happen is that you're uncoupling your, the visual information from your motion, from your vestibular information.
Examples
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The ability to differentiate between different levels of vestibular dysfunction also needs to be determined.
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And they all had severe vestibular abnormalities.
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But there are potential vestibular problems.
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The evaluation of patients with a vestibular disorder can be a most challenging task.
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Finally, changes in vestibular processing can affect the coding for position and orientation in old age.
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To minimize variations in visual and vestibular input, subjects were instructed to look straight ahead at a target.
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And feedback could come from our vision, from our hearing, from our vestibular organs, which is what balances us, but also from proprioception.
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Imbalance after intratympanic gentamicin is common and is usually controlled with vestibular therapy.
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There are two sub-varieties of the disorder: cochlear Meniere's disease and vestibular Meniere's disease.
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In our study, the vestibulo-ocular reflex typically normalized within 3 months of vestibular therapy and post-therapy oculomotor exercises.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
Relating to the inner ear that controls balance and hearing
Compounds
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Parts of the inner ear that help you keep your balance and know your body's position
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Parts in the inner ear that help keep balance and show where your head is
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A fold of tissue in the voice box that protects the airway and does not make speech sounds
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A small gland on each side of the vaginal opening that makes fluid to keep it wet during sex
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Parts of the inner ear that tell your body about balance and movement
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A blood vessel that takes blood away from the small balance parts inside the inner ear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vestibular comes from the Latin vestibulum, meaning 'entrance' or 'hall', and is the same root as the English word vestibule. Inside the ear there is a small 'entrance' area called the vestibule that helps with balance, so vestibular means 'relating to the sense of balance'.