Compensation
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Compensation
Compensation is a process in which the brain learns how to ignore false signals sent from the inner ear that detect motion. These false signals, sent when the inner ear is injured or diseased, conflict with the signals from the other balance centers in the body, resulting in the symptom called vertigo (a false sense of movement).
Credits
| Author | Kathe Gallagher, MSW |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD - Neurology |
| Last Updated | January 29, 2007 |
| Last updated: | January 29, 2007 |
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| Author: | Kathe Gallagher, MSW |
| Reviewed By: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Barrie J. Hurwitz, MD - Neurology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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