Tullio phenomenon

The Tullio phenomenon referred to symptoms such as dizziness and / or eye movements ( nystagmus and oscillopsia ), which are triggered by the action of sound. It was first described by Pietro Tullio (1881-1941) in his book The ear and the emergence of language and writing ( Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin, 1929) described.

This is based mostly a perilymph fistula in the middle or inner ear region, which causes a sound-induced pressure increase in the equilibrium system ( semicircular canals ).

The Tullio phenomenon also often heard to the symptoms of known only since 1998 Bogengangsdehiszenz.

• Ear disease