{"id":19435,"date":"2026-10-02T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19435"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:02:36","slug":"why-do-crystals-actually-form-in-the-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/warum-loesen-sich-eigentlich-kristalle-im-ohr\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do \u201ecrystals\u201c actually dissolve in the ear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the case of benign paroxysmal storage dizziness<\/a> (BPLS) dissolved otoliths play a major role. But how does it happen that these tiny stones lose their position on the membrane of the utricle? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientific findings show that otoliths undergo aging processes over time: they can become brittle and the connective fibers that hold them in place also lose their quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you lie down at night, the dissolved fragments move downward due to gravity \u2013 and can fall directly into the opening of the rear (posterior) passageway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this short video you will learn exactly how this process works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Would you like to know how to use these crystals in a targeted way? <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-medical-professionals\/bppv-exercises-epley-semont\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberation maneuvers <\/a>washed out of the canyon again? Take a look now at our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information <\/a>or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_bkHsZ7H1I\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_bkHsZ7H1I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beim benignen paroxysmalen Lagerungsschwindel (BPLS) spielen gel\u00f6ste Otolithen die Hauptrolle. Aber wie kommt es \u00fcberhaupt dazu, dass diese Steinchen ihre Position auf der Membran des Utrikulus verlieren? Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zeigen, dass Otolithen im Laufe der Zeit Alterungsprozessen unterliegen: Sie k\u00f6nnen br\u00fcchig werden und auch die Verbindungsfasern, die sie an Ort und Stelle halten, verlieren an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19437,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19435\/revisions\/19437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19435"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}