Engineers to Implant Antivertigo Device From: IEEE Spectrum - 10/2010 By: Joseph Calamia On October 21st, a surgeon will attempt to fight debilitating vertigo by rewiring the body's balance center. Jay Rubinstein, a surgeon and biomedical engineer at the University of Washington, in Seattle, will insert a "vestibular prosthesis" inside his patient's head, weaving electrode arrays into the depths of the inner ear. He hopes that pulses from these electrodes will stop vomit-inducing dizziness caused by Ménière's disease. Read the entire article at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/engineers-to-implant-antivertigo-device/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=102110 Links: Charley Della Santina http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/otolaryngology/our_team/faculty/della.html Researchers develop first implanted device to treat balance disorder http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-implanted-device-disorder.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=statusnet Restoring the “Sixth Sense” with a Multichannel Vestibular Prosthesis http://www.biocas2010.org/keynote.html Cochlear Ltd. Physician Inventors Discuss First Device to Combat Vertigo (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu047vTckvA