Gentamicin is sometimes used intentionally for this purpose in severe Ménière's disease, to disable the vestibular apparatus.

The juxtarestiform body coordinates balance and eye movements by communication between the vestibular apparatus and the cerebellum.

Other methods of activating the vestibular apparatus have been developed, including taps to the head, bone vibration and short duration electrical stimulation.

The vestibular apparatus also detects spatial orientation with respect to visual input.

Acetylcholine and histamine are important in the vestibular apparatus.

Opioids and anesthetics can trigger acetylcholine-mediated nausea in the vestibular apparatus.

Cats also use vision and/or their vestibular apparatus to help tell which way to turn.

The structure of the vestibular apparatus indicates that the skull was held nearly horizontal, as opposed to strongly tipped up or down.

The semicircular canals, found within the vestibular apparatus, let us know when we are in a rotary (circular) motion.

Schwartze studied the vestibular apparatus, the air-righting reflex and related spinal reflexes for over 30 years.