FIVE-YEARS PREVALENCE OF VESTIBULAR DISORDERS, AS SEEN IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Vestibular disorders can affect the peripheral or central vestibular systems, controlling and maintaining balance. Several studies have confirmed high prevalence rate of in other countries. To our knowledge, only one study has been conducted on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo eastern India, limited knowledge country. Hence, present was at SRM hospital, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu District, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to estimate overall a tertiary care hospital between January 2016 December 2020. The identified through register-based that examined case files those who visited Hospital with complaints related balance analyzed them retrospective manner. found 392 individuals were among 214,004 clients. Thus, according is 0.18 percent. salient results were: Adults are more likely experience 323 (0.15%) children 1 (0.0004%), and, adolescents 7 (0.003%). Therefore, higher adults than age groups. Prevalence women 236 (0.11%) men 156 (0.07%). based different types reveals 311 (0.14%) BPPV most prevalent type, followed by 30 (0.014%) Menieres 15 (0.007%) neuritis. KEYWORDS: disorder, Prevalence, Tertiary hospital.