In contrast to hearing prosthetization, where the technology has been in development for more than 30 years, the challenge of vestibular prosthetization has been researched for no more than 15 years. However, the involvement of the vestibular system in supporting the normal functioning of the visual, motor, and other body systems defines its decisive contribution to spatial orientation in humans and animals. Damage to the vestibular apparatus (labyrinth) leads to serious impairment to posture control, gaze stabilization, spatial orientation, and psychological status, i.e., a person's overall quality of life is sharply degraded. Animal studies have developed techniques for the prosthetization of the semicircular canals, which perceive angular acceleration and control eye movements in dynamic situations. New approaches based on replacement of the lost natural afferent spike activity in the vestibular nerve by electrical stimulation via a multichannel vestibular prosthesis have been successfully introduced into clinical practice.
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