otolith

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Pathology

otoconia released from degenerating utricular macule may cause benign positional vertigo
a decrease in size & number of otoliths leads to symptoms of vertigo*
- it does not lead to hearing impairment^[3]

↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
↑ Agrawal Y, Zuniga MG, Davalos-Bichara M et al Decline in semicircular canal and otolith function with age. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Jul;33(5):832-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22699991 Free PMC Article
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11) Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2022