How to Use vestibular in a Sentence

vestibular

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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
• But there are many ways that the vestibular system can malfunction.
  — Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The inner ear holds the vestibular system, which sends information about balance and motion to the brain.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
• This occurs when the vestibular bulbs become engorged with blood during arousal.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• While the inner ear's vestibular system is maintaining balance, sound itself also seems to have a role.
  — Neil Steinberg, CNN, 7 June 2017
• 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
• Migraine can cause symptoms of dizziness and vertigo—vestibular migraines are a thing too.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020
• Inside, the vestibular entrance was crowded with customers snapping photos of a welcome sign.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• Instead, those who were involved didn’t have a functioning vestibular system.
  — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In this way, the Teeter Popper engages the vestibular system to strengthen balance and coordination—two traits with which many autistic kids struggle.
  — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Alcohol suppresses the vestibular system, which creates a sense of balance.
  — Yuliya Klochan, Health, 19 June 2024
• Those include kids between 2 and 12, and people who have a history of migraines, vertigo and vestibular disorders.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024