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Filter by:Vestibular disorders are among the most common causes of disability in society and affect over 50% of the population over the age of 65 and a significant percentage of the younger population. Vestibular disorders have a dramatic impact on daily life impacting work, relationships, and even activities of daily living.The OtoBand has shown promise and might be beneficial for treating or improving the course of recovery from vestibular disorders. This study seeks to quantify the effect of the study device, the OtoBand, on objective measures of dizziness and vertigo in patients with vestibular dysfunction. The study will be conducted at a single-site and will be a blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled design in which participants do not know if they are receiving bone conducted stimulation 1) at a therapeutic level or 2) at a non therapeutic level.
The vestibular system is a part of the inner ear and functions as a motion sensor. It provides the central nervous system with information about changes of the head position. This information is essential for the proper functioning of the balance system. In particular, it ensures effective postural control and gaze stabilization. Abrupt vestibular deficit is defined as a sudden loss of the vestibular function. In the acute phase the patient presents mainly with intense rotatory vertigo and instability, most often accompanied by nausea. The symptoms are exacerbated by head movements. The diagnosis is made by observation of a spontaneous nystagmus, measurement of a pathological head impulse test and an asymmetric response to caloric tests, in the absence of other neurological symptoms. Although the etiology is unknown, it could be of viral or vascular origin. Symptoms usually regress within a few days or weeks. Vestibular function recovers in about half of the cases, in the other half a central compensation process is set up. The benefit of a 3-week course of corticosteroids has been demonstrated in one study. The dosage has been debated. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the benefit of a 10-day course of oral corticosteroids. The primary objective is to demonstrate a significant reduction in the rate of asymmetry of caloric response and the secondary objective is to demonstrate a significant reduction in the impact of symptoms assessed with the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) score at 1 year.
To investigate which treatment option (corticosteroid treatment alone or combined corticosteroid treatment and vestibular rehabilitation) is the most effective in patients diagnosed with vestibular neuritis.
Our objective is to allow positive MRI diagnosis of vestibular neuritis by highlighting contrast enhancement of the vestibular nerve on the pathological side of the FLAIR sequence acquired 1h after intravenous gadolinium injection in patients with typical vestibular neuritis. At present, the diagnosis is based on a combination clinical examination / video-head impulse test, and no imaging examination allows the diagnosis to be positive.
The iDETECT (Integrated Display Enhanced Testing for Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury) system is a novel portable, open access platform that enables immediate and rapid assessment of multimodal neurologic function. This study seeks to evaluate the iDETECT function testing battery with currently used balance and inner ear assessment methods during initial concussion clinic referral. Two groups of participants will be enrolled; a concussion related dizziness cohort and control subjects. The investigators will enroll the concussion cohort from patients presenting to the Sports Concussion Institute (SCI) with persistent dizziness and imbalance symptoms following possible concussion. Healthy control participants will be recruited from the local community. iDETECT's ability to identify post concussion balance/vestibular disturbances will be compared to an expert concussion assessment. Both cohorts will participate in the iDETECT assessment and the clinical assessment.
The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment effectiveness of steroid therapy for vestibular neuritis by using video head impulse test.
It is hypothesized that a home-based computer gaming rehabilitation program will improve gaze control and balance impairments in those with peripheral vestibular disorders (PVD). Ten people with peripheral vestibular disorders were started on a treatment program that consisted of playing computer games and while performing various balance exercises. On a weekly basis, each participant was contacted by email or telephone and asked to submit their computer gaming data to a trained vestibular physical therapist. Following review of this data, the physical therapist would contact the participant and progress their computer gaming program appropriately. At the completion of twelve weeks of home treatment, the participants returned for re-assessment and it was determined that the computer gaming program was an effective treatment for those with PVD. It was also determined that a monitored telerehabilitation program was an efficient and effective delivery method for this treatment.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercises relieve the symptoms of dizziness and imbalance in people with vestibular deficits and improves the ability to see clearly during head movements. We hypothesize that the performance of specific adaptation and substitution exercises will result in an improvement in visual acuity during head movements while those patients performing placebo exercises will show no improvement.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the value of steroids in the treatment of vestibular neuronitis. The potential benefits of steroid therapy would be analyzed by the clinical response, self-perceived handicap and laboratory parameters.
The purpose of this study is to determine the relative merits of vestibular rehabilitation and Tai Chi for patients with inner ear (vestibular) disorders.