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This recent research shines a light on why some Mal de Debarquement (MdDS) patients feel a constant "gravitational" pulling sensation to...

This important consensus document from the Barany society presents diagnostic criteria for vertigo/dizziness due to stroke or transient...

Rinaldo et al’s study compares VOR X1 exercises with IVA. The study concludes that VOR X1 exercises result in reduced symptoms and...

The skull vibration induced nystagmus test (SVINT) is a proven, robust and non invasive clinical bedside test of vestibular asymmetry. A...

by authors Girasoli et al (Journal of Immunology Research, Vol 2018) reinforces the need for physicians to be aware of vestibular...

Sharing this medically reviewed and evidence-based article by the empowering support group, MigraineAgain. It covers the long term...

Kong 2021 is a longitudinal review of BPPV recurrence. 548 patients from a tertiary clinic who were diagnosed with and treated for BPPV...

Coto 2021 offers a clinically relevant review of age-related changes in the peripheral vestibular system, highlighting the need for...

This excellent review covers current knowledge of the perception of verticality, its normal function and disorders. Researchers Dieterich...

This article by Muller et al, published in BMC Emergency Medicine, is highly relevant for anyone working in Emergency Care. The article...

Suppression Head Impulse (SHIMP) saccades are “more visible to the naked eye and more intuitive and easy to explain to patients” than a...

If you see patients with TBI be sure to read this article from ModernOptometry (May 2021)...and connect with your nearest...

This podcast is gold! It explores the common anatomical changes that occur in the vestibular system with age, the relationship between...

Many thanks to Strupp et al, for gathering accepted diagnostic criteria and recent literature reviews to provide this invaluable summary...

Sharing another great episode of “Talk Dizzy to Me”. In this episode Dr. Peter Johns, MD and Jeff Walter, PT, DPT, NCS join Drs Tate and...

The vestibular implant could become a clinically useful device in the near future. This study by Starkov et al , Audiol Neurotol 2020,...

Resharing this excellent review of the pathology underlying benign paroxysmal positional vertigo by Sertac Yetiser (2020). The article...

In this great study, authors Hawkins et al used the Suppression head impulse test (SHIMP) and described its characteristics in people...

This study by Calzolari et al from Brain, Jan 2021, explores vestibular agnosia in traumatic brain injury and its link to imbalance. The...

Leia Barnes is an Advanced Vestibular Physiotherapist and APA Titled Neurological Physiotherapist from Gold Coast, Queensland. She has...