OBJECTIVE Vestibular dysfunction increases with age and is associated with mobility difficulties and fall risk in older individuals. We evaluated whether vestibular function influences the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs). METHOD We analyzed the 1999 to 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of adults aged older than 40 years (N = 5,017). Vestibular function...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have extended our understanding of the pathophysiology, natural course, and treatment of vestibular vertigo. The relative frequency of the different forms is as follows: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) 17.1%; phobic vestibular vertigo 15%; central vestibular syndromes 12.3%; vestibular migraine 11.4%; Menière's disease 10.1%; vestibular neuritis 8.3%; bilat...

Human postural control is regulated by the vestibular, somatosensory, and visual systems. These types of sensory information are integrated in central nervous system to ascertain body’s position space. Proper functioning senses necessary for body maintain equilibrium. Bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP) a condition which bilateral peripheral vestibular function reduced. Its treatment includes rehabi...

In this case report, a 36 year old female at 40 weeks' gestation is presented in whom large bilateral vestibular bulb masses were found on pelvic examination. The size of the masses was such as to cause concern that they may pose an impediment to normal parturition. Our pathological findings, management and results are presented.

Vestibular symptoms are persistent and problematic sequelae of blast exposure. Several lines of evidence suggest that these symptoms often stem from injury to the central nervous system. Current methods of assessing the vestibular system have described vestibular deficits that follow traumatic brain injury and differentiate blunt and blast trauma but have not examined the full range of vestibul...