Effects of middle ear pressure on the inner ear.
It was demonstrated in experiments on normal subjects that moderate ambient pressure changes, creating overpressure in the middle ear, may induce a vestibular reaction. In other experiments on subjects suffering from acute attacks of Meniere's disease, relief of symptoms was achieved by means of ambient pressure changes of the same magnitude.
D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D011312:Pressure; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests