Introduction Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is one of the most common vestibular disorders with an estimated lifetime prevalence of 2.4% in the general adult population. Out of the 5.6 million clinic visits in the United States for dizziness per…
Acknowledgement This work was supported by a Merit Review (F1540-R) and by the Auditory and Vestibular Research Enhancement Award Program (C4339-F), both sponsored by the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. The contents of this…
Introduction Dizziness is one of the most frequent chief complaints that brings a patient to a physician’s office. Dizziness is also a frequent complaint among litigants who have suffered accidental or job-related injuries. Worker’s compensation, disability claims, and lawsuits are…
The Adolescent Brain Adolescence, the developmental transition between the dependency of childhood and the independency of adulthood, encompasses the approximate period between 12 and 18 years of age. Behavior during this developmental stage is frequently characterized by risk taking, impulsivity,…
Introduction There are many disorders that can cause “dizziness” in the pediatric population. In 1999, Russell and Abu-Arafeh published an epidemiological study showing that in their sample, 15% of school-age children had experienced at least one episode of vertigo in…
Introduction Pediatric vestibular evaluation has become more established in audiology and otolaryngology clinics over recent years. Along with early identification of hearing impairment, early identification of vestibular disorders has allowed earlier and perhaps more effective remediation strategies in children complaining…
Clinicians are just beginning to adequately recognize pediatric vestibular disorders as an area of significant importance in the overall well-being of children. Mandates for universal newborn hearing screening have resulted in an early focus on auditory function in infants, facilitating…
Acknowledgments The recordings in Figures 2.1–2.9 were performed as part of the AVERT clinical trial (NIH/NIDCD U01 DC013778). We thank the study’s Principal Investigator, Dr. David Newman-Toker and the rest of the AVERT team for providing these resources. Introduction Dizziness…
Dizziness and imbalance are common conditions affecting people of all ages, and particularly the elderly. This chapter begins by defining dizziness, imbalance, and presbyvestibulopathy , or age-related vestibular loss, which is of particular interest to the otolaryngologist, the neurologist, and…