A Severe Health Problem Triggered by Your Inner Ear

While your outer ear canal, eardrum and middle ear are involved in the transmission of sounds, your inner ear is not directly involved in hearing.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Vertigo is a form of dizziness that makes you feel as though you’re moving or spinning even when you’re stationary. It’s a symptom of an underlying condition involving either your inner ear (peripheral vertigo) or your central nervous system (central vertigo)

• The most common cause of peripheral vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional ver…