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In The Brain Changes Itself, the chapter titled “A Woman Perpetually Falling” is a case example of a woman that feels that she is constantly falling due to the damage of her vestibular system that controls her sense of balance. Cheryl Schiltz, a 50 year old women that contracted a bacterial infection following a hysterectomy and was treated with gentamicin. With excessive use of gentamicin can damage the semicircular canals, three joined structured in the inner ear which gives us a sense of balance and provide our body with information about orientation and movement of our body in space. Cheryl vestibular system is severely damage which makes her constantly felt like she is falling over. Paul Bach y Rita, a professor at University of Wisconsin Medical School and his team have developed a …show more content…
After a few short trails Cheryl sensation of perpetual falling that she experienced has disappeared. The longer she used the device the longer lasting the residual effect that she experienced decreased. Within a year, Cheryl had no longer used the device and didn’t consider herself a “Wobbler” any anymore. Paul Bach y Rita also developed a tactile vision device that allowed congenitally blind individuals to be make out face, read and distinguish whether an object was near or far. His research demonstrates that the idea that one function and one part is flawed but with his tactile vision machine it demonstrates that the brain is not a machine but is the“miracle.” In 1950, Paul father had suffered a stroke and wasn’t not able to regain mobility and speech. With Paula help with rehabilitation his father was able to return to teaching and that was Paul understood that the brain could relearn. Thirty three year later, scientist have established that
In The Brain Changes Itself, the chapter titled “A Woman Perpetually Falling” is a case example of a woman that feels that she is constantly falling due to the damage of her vestibular system that controls her sense of balance. Cheryl Schiltz, a 50 year old women that contracted a bacterial infection following a hysterectomy and was treated with gentamicin. With excessive use of gentamicin can damage the semicircular canals, three joined structured in the inner ear which gives us a sense of balance and provide our body with information about orientation and movement of our body in space. Cheryl vestibular system is severely damage which makes her constantly felt like she is falling over. Paul Bach y Rita, a professor at University of Wisconsin Medical School and his team have developed a …show more content…
After a few short trails Cheryl sensation of perpetual falling that she experienced has disappeared. The longer she used the device the longer lasting the residual effect that she experienced decreased. Within a year, Cheryl had no longer used the device and didn’t consider herself a “Wobbler” any anymore. Paul Bach y Rita also developed a tactile vision device that allowed congenitally blind individuals to be make out face, read and distinguish whether an object was near or far. His research demonstrates that the idea that one function and one part is flawed but with his tactile vision machine it demonstrates that the brain is not a machine but is the“miracle.” In 1950, Paul father had suffered a stroke and wasn’t not able to regain mobility and speech. With Paula help with rehabilitation his father was able to return to teaching and that was Paul understood that the brain could relearn. Thirty three year later, scientist have established that