Sentences with phrase «ear affects the nerves»

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Linda Bartoshuk, a University of Florida researcher who studies how taste perception affects health, knew from earlier research that middle - ear infections can damage the chorda tympani, the nerve that carries taste information from the front of the tongue to the brain.

Likewise, high blood sugar can also affect nerve cells in the ear and cause impaired hearing.

The most common form is peripheral vestibular disease which arises from disorders affecting the inner ear and nerves (i.e. not the central nervous system).

The facial nerve may be affected in inner ear disease, as it courses through the petrosal bone in contact with the vestibulocochlear nerve.

Cancer affecting the cerebellum, the peripheral nerves to the cerebellum or the inner ear can cause similar signs.

Since the ear is associated with several nerves that can affect other parts of the body such as the face, a middle ear infection (otitis media) can cause some facial paralysis and deafness.

Adult cats usually go deaf due to nerve damage or other damage to the ear, but their hearing can also be affected by obstructions like infections, debris, or masses, and sometimes even some medications can affect your cat's hearing.