<h1 id="hacking-my-inner-ear">Hacking my inner ear</h1>
<p>In April 2015 I suddenly found myself getting dizzy as I bent down – to the extent where I actually fell over at one point. I went to see a doctor but didn’t get a diagnosis.</p>
<p>A medical student I know suggested it might be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo" title="Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo">BPPV - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo</a>, and with that in mind I researched it and found what turned out to be a cure.</p>
<p>See the full notes for more details: <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2109/full_shownotes.html" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2109/full_shownotes.html</a></p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>Wikipedia article on BPPV: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo</a></li>
<li>Wikipedia article on the inner ear: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_ear" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_ear</a>
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<li>Vestibule: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule_of_the_ear" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule_of_the_ear</a></li>
<li>Semicircular canals: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircular_canals" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircular_canals</a></li>
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<li><em>Epley manoeuvre</em>:
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<li>Wikipedia article on the manoeuvre: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epley_maneuver" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epley_maneuver</a></li>
<li>YouTube animation showing the manoeuvre: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLm76jQg3g" class="uri">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLm76jQg3g</a></li>
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