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2024 Champion of Vestibular Medicine Award

The Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) announces the annual VeDA Champion of Vestibular Medicine Award initiative to increase awareness of vestibular disorders that affect the inner ear and brain. 2024 Lifetime Achievement award recipients include Robert

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Multidisciplinary Team Panel at the XXXII Barany Meeting

The 32nd biannual meeting of the Barany Society was held from August 25th-28th, 2024 in Uppsala, Sweden and attracted over 800 vestibular experts from around the world. Founded in 1960 in honor of the Nobel-prize

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VeDA Creates Industry Advisory Council

The Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) is excited to announce the formation of an Industry Advisory Council (IAC) to support vestibular patients around the world and help advocate for advancements in vestibular medicine. The VeDA IAC

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Analysis of postural stability using foam posturography in patients with PPPD

Introduction Individuals with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) exhibit one or more of the following symptoms: unsteadiness, a sensation of floating, or non-rotating dizziness that is present almost every day for more than three months. “PPPD

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Balance Awareness Week Breaks the Silence

Balance Awareness Week is a cause that is near and  dear to my heart. Until I lost balance my balance, I took my vestibular system for granted. I had heard about people falling as a

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Darcy’s Balance Awareness Week inspiration

I think I can confidently say nearly everyone has lost their balance at least one time in their life. How many times have you accidentally tripped over something, got off of a carnival ride a

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Travel Tips from a Dizzy Doctoral Student

A year ago, I did not know if I could function in daily life, let alone travel the world again. I was on medical leave from work and had to leave my doctoral program in

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Vestibular Rehab Revisited After 7 Years

By Carol Rexroad Cannon After a hiatus of seven years, I decided to see if vestibular rehab could again improve my quality of life. My husband and I felt we were managing my symptoms and

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Ask the Experts: Vestibular Audiology with Dr. Erin Piker

Ask the Experts: Vestibular Audiology with Dr. Erin Piker Join us in this informative episode of VeDA’s Ask the Experts series, featuring audiologist and researcher Dr. Erin Piker. In this video, Dr. Piker provides valuable

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Balance Awareness Week in France

France Leads International BAW Efforts Dr. Christian Chabbert with GDR Vertige in France has used his network of professional connections across Europe to build an international coalition of vestibular clinicians to raise awareness about these

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Can Screens Trigger Vertigo and Dizziness?

ICU – “I SEE YOU” PODCAST Can Screens Trigger Vertigo and Dizziness? LISTEN NOW Available wherever you get your podcasts. APPLE PODCASTS    SPOTIFY   YOUTUBE Devices—can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Televisions, computer screens,

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Bimodal Neuromodulation Devices for Tinnitus

Tinnitus (pronounced “TIN-uh-tus” or “tin-NY-tus”) is the perception of sound that does not have an external source.1 It can be perceived in one or both ears, or in the head. Studies indicate that 10-15% of

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