A. M. Virshubsky. A case of primary peripheral disease of the auditory nerve. — Practical Physician. 1909 No. 37.

The author gives an anatomical and physiological analysis of a case from his own practice, where, after a bruise on the left half of the head, symptoms of damage to the auditory nerve, the upper branch of the facial and chordae tympani of the left side appeared. The author considers hemorrhage to be the most likely cause of damage to the auditory nerve, but he also admits another explanation: the otolith could come off from its place of attachment (due to concussion) and, floating in the endolymph, irritate the nerve endings n. vestibularis with every movement of the head.