Vestibular compensation. Physiological and clinical aspects.
Vestibular compensation is achieved by means of a multisensory substitution process. Experimental and clinical observations indicate that patients, suffering from a sudden loss of vestibular function, should get an early multisensory training in order to induce adaptive changes as soon as possible.
D006801:Humans; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*