Paul Ranalli
Paul Ranalli
Head motion recorded by the vestibular labyrinths is conveyed to specific brainstem and cerebellar structures that relay velocity information to eye muscles to stabilize vision, and to the axial and limb muscles necessary to stabilize balan...
Sharon L Cushing,Blake C Papsin
Sharon L Cushing
Children frequently present with complaints of vertigo and/or disequilibrium. The etiology of such diagnoses include inner ear pathology, migraine and its variants, lesions of the central nervous system as well as mental health disorders, a...
Peter A Rea,Natalie Ronan
Peter A Rea
Patients with symptoms of dizziness may present to a wide range of medical services. Awareness of the full breadth of possible diagnoses is thus helpful in managing dizzy patients. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of systemic di...
Jeffrey P Staab
Jeffrey P Staab
Research over the last 4 decades has revealed a great deal of information about psychiatric and functional causes, consequences, and comorbidity of vestibular syndromes. Primary care clinicians, neurologists, and otologists who are willing ...
Carolyn Falls
Carolyn Falls
Videonystagmography (VNG) and posturography are two vestibular assessment techniques that are still in use today. VNG: VNG allows clinicians to observe and record eye movements in real-time. Compared with electronystagmography (ENG), VNG tr...
Miriam S Welgampola,Andrew P Bradshaw,G Michael Halmagyi
Miriam S Welgampola
So common is vertigo that diverse healthcare professionals, from audiologists to orthopedic surgeons, will eventually encounter it in their patients, if not in themselves. So treatable are vestibular disorders that it is an immense advantag...
Ryan S Instrum,Lorne S Parnes
Ryan S Instrum
Purpose of Chapter: This chapter discusses the recent progress made in understanding the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Recent Findings: Recent evidence supports the canalolithiasis...
John Rutka
John Rutka
Many pharmaceuticals have ototoxicity (both cochlear and/or vestibular) as part of their adverse medication profile. The aminoglycoside class of antimicrobials has been especially well studied in this regard. Many questions remain unanswere...
Yoav Gimmon,Michael C Schubert
Yoav Gimmon
The human vestibular system is exquisitely sensitive to detect linear and rotational head acceleration signals, processed in the brainstem and subsequently relayed to the extraocular motor neurons to generate a compensatory eye rotation. Th...
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Rachael L Taylor,Miriam S Welgampola
Rachael L Taylor
Two technically simple tests, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) and subjective visual vertical/horizontal (SVV/H) test, have the potential to transform otolith function testing from the research laboratory to the outpatient clinic...