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Function and diseases of the inner ear |
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 The inner ear contains two sensory organs:
The organ of balance in the labyrinth
The organ of Corti in the cochlea
In the cochlea, the waves of vibration (sound) mechanically
transmitted there via the eardrum and the ossicles (middle ear) are first
compressed by means of a highly complex fluid system and then
converted into electrophysiologic impulses that are passed on to the
central nervous system.
 This conversion process can be explained in detail with today's
biological knowledge. It takes place in the auditory cells of the cochlea
and is connected with movements of hairlike receptors on the cellular
membrane and other processes within the cells of the inner ear that
depend on ATP as a source of cellular energy (the ion pumps of the
cellular membrane, for instance).
If the cochlea is acutely or chronically overstrained, its sensory (auditory) cells and their various
cellular organs are affected as well, and they inevitably loose part of their functional capacity.
The cells are suffering from a lack of ATP. |
In the cell, ATP is produced by the mitochondria.
| A continuous lack of ATP within the inner ear cells of the cochlea leads to either a gradual or sudden impairment of the entire hearing organ. |
This is experienced by the patient as an insidious respectively acute disease:
as a sensation of pressure in the ear, as acute loss of hearing, as acute or insidious
tinnitus, as hypacusis etc.
 In the semicircular canals of the organ of balance, any changes in the
position of our head and body are also conveyed via a fluid system and
the movements of hairlike receptors.
 For this reason the ATP-consuming processes within the cells in
question are almost identical to those in the cochlea during the act of
hearing: mechanically transmitted motions are first converted into
electro-physiologic impulses and then passed on to the central nervous
system.
| A continuous lack of ATP within the inner ear cells of the labyrinth leads to either a gradual or
sudden impairment of the entire organ of balance. |
This is experienced by the patient as an insidious respectively acute disease:
as a sensation of pressure in the ear, as acute rotatory vertigo, as insidious vertigo etc.
In addition to their similar functional porperties, the
labyrinth and the cochlea are connected by means of a
common fluid system. This is why inner ear diseases
often affect both organs at the same time and show a
large variety of symptoms.
It goes without saying, of course, that - just as with any
other illness - the extent of the respective impairment
varies from person to person as well.
But although these factors result in individually
different healing processes, the low level laser
therapy is able to produce a positive biological
reaction no matter what kind of inner ear disease
is concerned. This is due to its elementary and
biologially compelling working mechanism.
On account of the basic conception of our cellular
energy-converting system (collector principle), the
electro-magnetic energy released by the oxidation of
nutrients is utilized as a source of primary energy
for the production of the cellular fuel ATP.
The antennae of the mitochondria can - in addition
to the absorption of the released metabolic energy -
utilize both the photons of the natural solar radiation
( = apparent biostimulative effect of sunlight on
human cells) and the photons of low level laser light
( = clinically proved biostimulative effect of low
level laser light on human cells) as a source of
primary energy.
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