Tullio phenomenon

The Tullio phenomenon describes symptoms such as dizziness and / or eye movements ( nystagmus and oscillopsia ) that are triggered by the effects of sound. It was first described by Pietro Tullio (1881-1941) in his book The Ear and the Origin of Language and Writing (Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin, 1929).

Underlies most a perilymph fistula in the middle or inner ear region , a sound-induced pressure increase in the equilibrium system ( semicircular canals causes).

The Tullio phenomenon is also often one of the symptoms of semicircular canal dehiscence, which has only been known since 1998 .

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