How to Use vestibular in a Sentence
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The problem has to do with the difference between your vestibular sense of motion and what your eyes see.
—Gilad Edelman, Wired, 27 Jan. 2022
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But there are many ways that the vestibular system can malfunction.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2023
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It’s called a vestibular trainer, and figure skaters worldwide use it to help accustom their brains to all that whirling.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022
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The vestibular system, which is the body’s system of hearing as well as balance, consists of five distinct organs in the ear.
—Gurpreet Singh, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
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The vestibular system, which is the body’s system of hearing as well as balance, consists of five distinct organs in the ear.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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That has to do with the way the human body relies both on the visual and vestibular systems to perceive its orientation in space.
—Toni Wall Jaudon, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
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This occurs when the vestibular bulbs become engorged with blood during arousal.
—Kristine Thomason, Health, 27 Jan. 2023
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Her dizziness may also have been due to the disruption of her vestibular system — her sense of balance, Wang said.
—Tom Avril, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
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On day five, sensory systems like the vestibular system and its inner ear organs were in place to detect the strike of a snake, the bite of a wasp, or the creep of fungus over the eggs.
—Suzie Hodges, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2022
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The vestibular system, located in your inner ear, provides a sense of overall balance based on the movement of the head.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
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Modius has built a headset that stimulates your vestibular nerve, which runs behind your ear and into your brain.
—The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 10 Jan. 2018
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Wolf had to drive 16 hours, paying for gas and hotels along the way, to finally see the specialist who diagnosed her with vestibular migraine.
—Abigail Libers, SELF, 4 May 2022
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While the inner ear's vestibular system is maintaining balance, sound itself also seems to have a role.
—Neil Steinberg, CNN, 7 June 2017
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My hunch was that Alana was in the middle of a vestibular migraine, a variant where the brain’s electrical waves propagate through the cerebellum, the brain’s balance center.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
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Migraine can cause symptoms of dizziness and vertigo—vestibular migraines are a thing too.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020
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Far more precise sensors, these written into the brains and vestibular systems of the astronauts themselves, the result of years and years and years of flying, reacted too.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 May 2017
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His injuries have ranged from fractured legs to concussions to a vestibular dysfunction that affected his balance at the start of this season.
—Stephen Means, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
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Instead, those who were involved didn’t have a functioning vestibular system.
—Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
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But dizziness is a problem with the vestibular system, which is the sensory system that collects data from the eyes, inner ear and muscles to help us keep our balance and posture.
—Brian Platzer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
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His pain threshold is astonishing, which turns out to be a blessing in disguise because his vestibular problems often lead to mishaps.
—Mark Woodman, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2007
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If our bodies’ sensations match each other—if the eyes and vestibular system line up—and our minds’ expectations follow along, great.
—Popular Science, 20 July 2023
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Vertebrates use liquid that moves around in spiraling chambers in our inner ears, called the vestibular system, to sense balance.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2022
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This is significant because the vestibular system, in the inner ear, regulates one’s sense of balance.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
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The blue liquid in the rims of the glasses shifts with the movement of the vehicle, creating a line — an artificial horizon — that matches what your vestibular system is detecting.
—Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2022
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For the vestibular system to function properly, a fluid called endolymph has to traverse the canals of the inner ear, bopping sensory hairs that send electrical impulses to the brain.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
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Head coach Chris Holtmann revealed that the super senior is dealing with what is called a vestibular dysfunction affecting his balance.
—Stephen Means, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
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How do vestibular migraines differ from classic migraines?
—Korin Miller, SELF, 12 July 2018
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The fluid in your inner ear is unable to regulate itself, so your vestibular system is also affected.
—Darrah Brustein, Forbes, 21 May 2021
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The triage process includes visual, vestibular and blood testing but not brain imaging, a fact that reflects constantly changing and sometimes disputed science on the injuries.
—Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
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According to the American Migraine Foundation, vestibular migraine is tied to the inner ear and balance system.
—Sara Lindberg, SELF, 7 Jan. 2022
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