A chamber in the vestibular labyrinth that helps monitor the position of your head in relation to the ground. The utricle is responsible for detection of horizontal movement.

See Voice Carry Over.

A small hole through an In-the Ear hearing aid or ear mold to allow air into the ear. The size of the vent can be modified to change the acoustical properties of a hearing aid.

A small tube inserted into the eardrum that relieves the pressure of a middle ear infection by allowing fluid to drain from the middle ear. (Also called a Pressure Equalization Tube.)

Vertigo is the illusion or sensation of movement when none is present. If may feel like you are spinning around, or that the room is spinning around you. Frequently vertigo is accompanied by feelings of imbalance and/or nausea. Vertigo is a common result of damage to the balance system of the inner ear. Less often, […]

A narrow bony canal (aqueduct) that runs through the skull, connecting the inner ear (vestibule) to the cranial cavity—hence its name. Running through this bony canal is a membranous tube called the endolymphatic duct which connects the endolymphatic sac (located between the skull and the brain) and the inner ear. It is filled with endolymphatic […]