Implant to help adults with severe balance nerve loss
Part of Brain & nervous system, Ear, nose & throat, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests whether a vestibular (balance) implant can improve balance and eye-stabilizing reflexes in adults with severe loss of balance function in both inner ears. You may benefit if long-term balance therapy has not helped enough.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 22–90 years old and have two-sided (bilateral) balance nerve problems confirmed by a specialist.
- Balance problems have not improved enough after more than 1 year of balance rehabilitation (physical therapy).
- Your inner-ear problem looks like severe damage to the balance system (not only from other brain/nerve or middle-ear diseases).
- Your head/brain imaging shows your balance nerves and “spaces” in the inner ear needed for surgery are present, with no tumors causing the issue.
- You can travel to the study site, complete the required tests, and do the prescribed home balance exercises.
- You are able to follow major safety rules during the study (for example, no swimming and no operating vehicles or heavy machinery while enrolled).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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