Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Disorders

This book provides a clear, practical, and visually engaging guide for clinicians evaluating patients with dizziness. This comprehensive text offers a descriptive and illustrated overview of the anatomy and physiology of the peripheral and central vestibular systems. Readers are guided through the full clinical encounter—from the initial history and bedside examination to targeted diagnostic testing and interpretation. History-taking pearls and systematic evaluation strategies are interwoven throughout. Detailed chapters outline the contemporary vestibular and audiometric testing protocols that form the cornerstone of clinical practice. Coverage includes video nystagmography, head impulse testing, rotary chair assessment, dynamic posturography, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and electrocochleography.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Disorders, Second Edition expands on the original with new content on inpatient dizziness consults, multi-axial repositioning chairs for BPPV, and vestibular rehabilitation therapy. Disease-specific chapters explore common and complex disorders such as BPPV, Ménière’s disease, superior canal dehiscence syndrome, vestibular migraine, unilateral and bilateral vestibular loss, and multisensory dizziness. Written by experts in the field, this text remains an indispensable resource for otolaryngologists, neurologists, neurotologists, audiologists, residents, fellows, and primary care physicians involved in the care of dizzy patients—and for scientists seeking to understand the mechanisms underlying balance and vestibular dysfunction.