Health. Dizziness: An ENT specialist from Nancy University Hospital explains why these ear crystals make your head spin.

They are invisible to the naked eye, yet the crystals of the inner ear play a vital role in our balance. A slight shift is enough to throw you into a centrifuge. Dizziness, nausea, fortunately, medicine has long known how to stop this whirlwind thanks to a unique method described today by ^Professor Cécile Parietti-Winkler, ENT doctor at the Nancy University Hospital, and president of the French College of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery.

Professor Cécile Parietti-Winckler is an ENT doctor at the Nancy University Hospital and president of the French College of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery. Photo DR

Let's start with an explanation... What are ear crystals?

"In the inner ear, there is a sensor which is the hearing sensor . And there is another sensor dedicated to balance. It is not the only one involved in balance, but it is very important. We call it the vestibule and this vestibule will detect all our accelerations, when we turn (angular accelerations) or when we accelerate in a horizontal line or...

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