Patient Spotlights

Kristin Knapp

I am one of the thousands of people in the United State who live with vestibular dysfunction. Following my diagnosis of bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH), I doggedly pursued any path that had potential to give

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Lynn Johnson

Lynn's vestibular journey started on Thanksgiving in 2015, when Lynn started to feel off-balance and nauseous. She went to urgent care and was told to take Sudafed for the fluid in her inner ear. By

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Andy Derrow

Background: I am a 59-year-old man in excellent health. I take a statin to lower my cholesterol and a low-dose ACE inhibitor to maintain ideal blood pressure. I exercise both regularly and vigorously. My most

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Saffire aka De Etta Lerch

I have yet to find anyone who has my symptoms, so I thought that maybe if I wrote my story here and shared it, maybe someone could relate. Most of my life has been one

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Lara Bishop

I am a very proud mum of gorgeous identical twin girls who are now 7 years old, they are my world. They are my best friends, my companions, my sanity, my little comedy act. I

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Elyse Riesa

I started off slowly with a vertigo problem that just kept getting worse. I did not have time to address it as I was running for election in my small town. Finally after the election

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Theresa G.

My name is Theresa and I have been diagnosed with a vestibular disorder, convergence insufficiency as well as post-concussion syndrome. It all started with a bicycling accident that resulted in trauma to my head, neck

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Bobby Gibbs

For over 3 years I have been diagnosed with vestibular neuritis and BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), and I had no idea what was going on with my body at first. I thought maybe this

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Julie Mathieson

After reading Katies story and many others like hers I have felt compelled to write to you, to thank you for your newsletters, all the information that have helped me through my disorder, my vestibular

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Katie Ford

I have something called Uncompensated Peripheral Vestibulopathy. I’ve been told there are several kinds of this but I’m not sure the exact one I have. The report from the balance test just says Uncompensated Peripheral

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Peggy Artman

Hi, my name is Peggy Artman and I am 47 years old. My story from the beginning of my dizziness symptoms to an eventual diagnosis is a long one, but I’m going to try to

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Kimberley Bell, PT, DPT

Sometimes I feel angry when someone looks at me and assumes I am well. I know that may seem weird since I do SO MANY activities on a daily basis to maintain my wellness and

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