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We’ve talked about BPPV in the videos and prior postings. The semicircular canals are the ring-shaped sensors for spinning, and there are three in each ear, so this system is fully 3D. You can sense spinning in any direction thanks to this set-up. Most BPPV affects a vertical sensor, the posterior semicircular canal. However, rarely you can get BPPV in another of these rings, the horizontal canal. This ring is set nearly level or horizontal in your head, and controls responses to side to side head movements. It’s also stronger and more used than the other canals, so it causes a more intense spinning when it is involved.
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