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Comments on PPPD as a psychosomatic disorder

Review by Kaitlin Ryan, AuD In 2017, a consensus document of the committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD) of the Bárány Society was published officially outlining the diagnostic criteria for Persistent-Postural Perceptual Dizziness

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An Unexpected Life Journey

I had a good thing going. A great life with my husband who I married in 2018, and we had a 9-month old daughter at home when my life forever changed one morning in June

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Vestibular Healthcare Across the Pond

Making Vestibular Visible Podcast Vestibular Healthcare in the US vs the UK Vestibular patients across the globe share many common experiences besides the physical symptoms of vestibular disorders. In this recorded live event, UK-based Peter

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Cathy Hughes

Sunday, November 26, 2017, I was in bed, when I turned over and noticed I felt a spinning sensation in my head. I sat up to get out of bed and the room started spinning

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Sheldon Sugar

My life changed and my career as a tv cameraman/videographer gradually came to a halt starting back in 2003. My fellow cameramen would notice I was losing my balance while carrying my video equipment for

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Support outcome measures that reduce misdiagnosis of dizziness and stroke

Vestibular disorders are underdiagnosed and undertreated, often with severe consequences for patients, including increased medical costs, loss of time worked, and less quantifiable, but equally relevant, negative impacts on quality of life. Also troubling is

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Rev. Carol Rexroad Cannon

TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR LIVING WITH PPPD by Rev. Carol Rexroad Cannon Orangeburg, South Carolina Early one morning in August 2016, I was suddenly struck with severe vertigo. After two doses of Antivert did not

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Diana B.

My vestibular journey began with a box of cereal. I bent over to put it away on a lower shelf and was hit with a true vertigo attack. The room was spinning and I couldn’t

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Susan Papa

I was first diagnosed with Meniere’s disease was in 1991. My symptoms were mild in the beginning - uneasiness, nausea, a feeling of fullness in my head. They were generally worst when I spent too

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Noise-Induced Otolith Disorder

Normal examinations that result in abnormal VEMP findings can provide evidence that acoustic trauma may be the basis of otolith-related “dizziness and balance trouble.”  Authors Frederick E. Cobb, Ph.D. CCC-A  ASPS 126 / 516 C.

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Group Exercise Classes and Personal Trainers for Dizziness

What to look for in a group exercise class or personal trainer if you have dizziness issues If exercise were a medicine, everyone would be prescribed it. This is even more true for people with

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Gary Breitbord

Meniere’s sucks. I apologize if I offend anyone with my language, but I bet people who have a vestibular disorder are nodding their heads vigorously in agreement. Well, maybe not too vigorously, because they can’t

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