Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Disorders

• Other Authors: Perez-Fernandez, Nicolas (Editor), Ramos-Macias, Angel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Meniere's disease; chemical labyrinthectomy; dexamethasone; gentamicin; medical history taking; dizziness; vertigo; vestibular diseases; Menière's disease; benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; migraine disorders; vestibular neuronitis; systemic gentamicin; infective endocarditis; vestibular hypofunction; oscillopsia; video head impulse test; bilateral vestibular dysfunction; saccular; posture; gait; vestibular implant; otolith; SHIMP; HIMP; VHIT; covert saccades; compensatory saccades; VOR gain; bilateral vestibulopathy; vestibular dysfunction; traumatic brain injury; TBI; military service members; activities-specific balance confidence; dizziness handicap inventory; CDP-SOT; vestibular neuritis; vestibular compensation; disability; unsteadiness; horizontal semicircular canal; apogeotropic; cupulolithiasis; treatment outcome; narrowed internal auditory canal; neurovascular compression syndrome; vestibular paroxysmia; pediatric vertigo; anticonvulsant drugs; cochleovestibular nerve; bilateral vestibular disease (BVD); dynamic visual acuity (DVA); vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR); oscillopsia severity questionnaire (OSQ); caloric test; vestibular test; bithermal; monothermal; vestibular paresis; caloric paresis; cervicogenic; cervical; proprioceptive; PCGD; whiplash; pupillary hippus; pupillary nystagmus; vestibular migraine; vestibular examination; caloric tests; vestibular evoked myogenic potentials; persistent postural-perceptual dizziness; vestíbulo-ocular reflex; vestibulopathy; n/a
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Vestibular medicine relates to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with dizziness and vertigo. In all these fields, there has been an enormous increase in research during recent years. This edition includes a discussion on the epidemiology of dizziness, the role of genetics in the development of vestibulopathy, diagnostic approaches, and interventions for patients with dizziness and vertigo: medical treatment, surgery, and vestibular rehabilitation.