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Being aware of this double separated sensibility, we wondered whether bone vibration, which activates the acoustic receptors of patients with bone conduction aids, can also influence the functionality of the vestibular system. Methods: To this end, we recruited 12 patients with a bone-anchored hearing aid and evaluated their vestibular function with and without an activated vibratory acoustic device. Results: Our results show that the vibratory stimulus delivered by the bone conduction aid also reaches and stimulates the vestibular receptors; this stimulation is evidenced by the appearance or modification of some nystagmus findings during bedside vestibular testing. Despite this, none of these patients complained of dizziness or vertigo during prosthesis use. Nystagmus that appeared or changed during acoustic vibratory stimulation through the prosthesis was almost all predominantly horizontal, unidirectional with respect to gaze or body position, inhibited by fixation, and most often consistent with vestibular function tests indicating peripheral vestibular damage. Conclusions: The findings of sound-evoked nystagmus seem to indicate peripheral rather than central vestibular activation. The occurrence of some predominantly horizontal and high-frequency induced nystagmus seems to attribute the response mainly to the utricle and lateral semicircular canal.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/audiolres14020033","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,22]],"date-time":"2024-04-22T12:38:41Z","timestamp":1713789521000},"page":"386-400","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Effects on Vestibular Function: A Preliminary Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9331-680X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Federica","family":"Pollastri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Audiology, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6304-6696","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beatrice","family":"Giannoni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Audiology, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug\u2019s Area and Child\u2019s Health, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1415-322X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Marcelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurotology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Spadavecchia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Audiology, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rudi","family":"Pecci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Audiology, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"32","article-title":"The Ponto bone-anchored hearing system","volume":"71","author":"Westerkull","year":"2011","journal-title":"Adv. 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