A. M. Virshubsky. A case of primary peripheral disease of the auditory nerve. — Practical Physician. 1909 No. 37.

Abstract

The author gives an anatomical and physiological analysis of a case from his own practice, where, after a bruise on the left half of the head, symptoms of damage to the auditory nerve, the upper branch of the facial and chordae tympani of the left side appeared. The author considers hemorrhage to be the most likely cause of damage to the auditory nerve, but he also admits another explanation: the otolith could come off from its place of attachment (due to concussion) and, floating in the endolymph, irritate the nerve endings n. vestibularis with every movement of the head.

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Авторъ даетъ анатомо-физіологическій разборъ случая изъ собственной практики, гдѣ вслѣдъ за ушибомъ лѣвой половины головы явились симптомы пораженія слуховаго нерва, верхней вѣтви лицевого и chordae tympani лѣвой стороны. Наиболѣе вѣроятной причиной пораженія слухового нерва авторъ считаетъ кровоизліяніе, но допускаетъ и другое объясненіе: могъ оторваться отолитъ отъ мѣста своего прикрѣпленія (вслѣдствіе сотрясенія) и, плавая въ эндолимфѣ, раздражать нервныя окончанія n. vestibularis при всякомъ движеніи головы.