Vertigo can often be treated ... These dislodged pieces of calcium (also called otoliths) then float around in the inner ear, which confuses the brain about the body’s position in space.

Vertigo is what happens when these gyroscopes — or the nerves ... Here, the hair cells sport tiny rocklike particles, or otoliths, at their tips to amplify sway when the head accelerates forward or ...

“So, typically the presentation is as we get older, otoliths in your inner ear can ... “Each time you have vertigo, if you fix it, it’s fixed, but say six years from now if you have it ...