The Vertigo! trial: Evaluating the efficacy and safety of chronic daily stimulation in a multichannel vestibulo-cochlear implant (VCI) implant prototype
Michaela de Kock, Bernd Vermorken, Benjamin Volpe, Stan van Boxel, Marieke Ten Hoor, Helen Yuan, Elke Devocht, Raymond van de Berg, Nils Guinand, Angelica Perez Fornos · FENS Forum 2024
The vestibular organ is an integral sensory systems designed to provide afferent information to the brain. Once integrated, efferent signals are transmitted to produce a motor output associated with gaze stabilization through compensatory eye movements, postural adjustments, and maintenance of static and dynamic balance. A bilateral reduction or absence of vestibular function is classified as bilateral vestibulopathy (BV). Patients typically experience a multitude of symptoms, consequently resulting in a significant reduction in quality of life. Currently, no effective treatment is available.