Vestibular First

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Fully functioning electronic vestibular canal with otoconia falling is complete. Speed was increased for demo purposes since real otoconia fall much more slowly, but should make sense. Next is to integrate this as an additional mode in the anatomical model.

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Does your patient have vestibular migraine (common), Meniere's disease (rare), or both (more rare but does occur)? Use the Zoom link v1st.co/July2024 on Wednesday, July 31 at 8 PM Eastern for a live only (not recorded, my apologies since this is not a Vestibular First event) discussion. Should be great! #vestibularmigraine #menieresdisease #vestibularrehabilitation Heusel-Gillig Lisa

Demonstrating how gravity affects inner ear crystals when present in the semicircular canals (represented by the green LEDs) is critical for learning how to treat common forms of #vertigo like #BPPV. This is the last core feature to be added to the electronic educational #vestibular apparatus model we are developing. Learning the math behind normal vectors of planes, tangents to circles, and some basic fluid dynamics was defintely fun and it’s getting close to accurately representing the fall rate of the crystals in the canals. Thanks to Amy Bowley and Michel PIQUET for the feedback in support of this feature! Technical Notes: This proof of concept rig uses an Arduino Nano 33 BLE with an addressable RGB LED strip on a 3D printed base. This will be integrated into an anatomically accurate model with all 3 canals once the math and features are perfected on this mockup.

Visual representation of the otolith organs came up high on the list of requests for the electronic inner ear model. Here’s a proof of concept that shows how different linear movement stimulates the saccule and utricle. This will be integrated into the anatomical model by multi-color LEDs so that you’ll be able to see all 5 sensors of the inner ear in one model. Thanks to all for your great ideas and feedback! More to come with electronic otoconia “falling” in the canals to clearly show how repositioning maneuvers work!

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We are incredibly excited to welcome Jimmy McKay PT, DPT to our team. He’s creative, talented, kind, energetic, and ready to bring help vestibular tech and education to the next level. Lucky us! #vestibular #growthmindset #letsgo

Last chance to register for tonight's Journal Club v1st.co/GD for your chance to win a vestibular model. All our events are recorded, so you can watch on the Vestibular First YouTube channel any time after the event. See you soon! #vestibular #neurology #otolaryngology #audiology #vestibularrehabilitation

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