PURPOSE A possible relationship between vertebral artery hypoplasia (VAH) and vestibular migraine (VM) has been suggested at some medical conferences, few studies of this condition have elucidated which vestibulopathy is VAH associated with during the vestibular episodes of VM. METHODS We performed a retrospective case-series control study to elucidate the above issue. From 2008 January to Ma...

UNLABELLED The number of elderly people is increasing considerably in our settings, and with that we have a matching increase in chronic-degenerative diseases - such as Parkinson's Disease (PD), which has balance-related symptoms associated and is increasingly more prevalent in the elderly population. AIM Study labyrinth exams in PD patients and associate them with vestibular disorders. STU...

We evaluated the effect of the vibrotactile display of body tilt upon the postural stability of vestibulopathic subjects during standing. Two groups were studied: those with moderate and with severe deficits as defined by postural stability test scores. They were studied under conditions of distorted sensory input, and during anterior-posterior perturbations. Seventeen subjects, with uni- or bi...

Statistical estimates of the accuracy with which electronystagmography (ENG) can provide eye movement records have been published by Shackel (1960). His data described horizontal eye movements over a fairly large displacement, as did data from trials comparing this technique with eye movement films described by Hoffman, Wellman, and Carmichael (I939) and Michael and Melvill Jones (I966). Elsewh...

OBJECTIVE To use an audiovestibular test battery to evaluate patients with leukoaraiosis in order to investigate the relationship between vertigo and dizziness and leukoaraiosis. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary university hospital. Patients A total of 18 elderly patients with vertigo and dizziness and with leukoaraiosis confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (hereafter, leukoa...

he theme of the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the International Tinnitus Forum (ITF) that took place in Chicago, Illinois, on September 20, 2008, was “Translational Research in Tinnitus Therapy IV—Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.” For the first time, principal investigators from three of the five major centers in several countries were able, in a roundtable format, to present and discuss amo...

Conclusion: Chances of hearing preservation are better in patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) from the superior vestibular nerve (SVN) than from the inferior vestibular nerve (IVN). Pathologic posturography and electronystagmography (ENG) findings are more common in schwannomas from the SVN compared with tumors from the IVN. In this way, computerized dynamic platform posturography (CDPP) a...

CONCLUSION This study on eye motility demonstrates a new application of electro-oculography which proved to have a high potential for establishing and diagnosing the cause of diplopia in orbital floor fractures. Electro-oculography is objective and easy to perform even when the restricted eye is covered. The 'uninjured' eye can be used as the reference. Any motility difference between the left ...

OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the symptoms of vertigo related to hypertension resulted from endolymphatic hydrops and the efficacy of the thiazides in the treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 24 vertigo patients without peripheric or central vestibular pathologies or hyperlipidemia were included. The study group comprised 15 patients with hypertension, includ...

BACKGROUND Despite its frequent occurrence and effective treatment options, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) still remains under-estimated in the community. METHODS We reviewed referral letters and medical records of 120 patients who were treated for BPPV at our Dizziness Clinic during the years 2006-2008 and searched for factors that possibly contribute to missing this entity. R...