It is now well established that vestibular information plays an important role in spatial memory processes. Although vestibular lesions induce anxiety in humans, this finding remains controversial in rodents. However, it is possible that anxiety-related behavior is associated with spatial memory impairments after vestibular lesions. We aimed to evaluate anxiety-like behavior and the effect of a...

OBJECTIVE To report the nationwide prevalence of dizziness and vestibular dysfunction in the Korean population and determine the associated factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide health survey. METHODS We obtained data from the 2009 to 2010 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, which were cross-sectional surveys of the South Korean civilian, non-institut...

Despite the importance of symptomatology in the diagnosis of vestibular dysfunction, the qualitative nature of the symptoms related to semicircular canal (canal) versus otolith dysfunction is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to compare symptoms, and their severity, in individuals with canal versus otolith peripheral vestibular dysfunction. A subjective tool, the Descriptive S...

Pendred syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States of America.Pendred syndrome is characterized by the association of congenital bilateral neurosensory deafness, thyroid goiter, cochleovestibular malformation and potential vestibular dysfunction. Incidence ranges between 1/100,000 and 10/100,000 bir...

A 61-year-old man with recent Bell’s palsy developed acute vocal cord paralysis causing severe dysphagia. CSF analysis showed elevated protein and a normal cell count; contrast-enhancedMRI of the brain was normal. He was treated with IVIG for a presumed bulbar-variant AIDP and gradually improved. Sixmonths later, the patient developed rapidly progressive hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction....

Acquired bilateral vestibular impairment can be a devastating disorder that is most frequently the result of aminoglycoside-induced toxicity. The presenting complaints are typically oscillopsia and gait and balance disturbances. These patients can be excellent candidates for vestibular rehabilitation therapy that focuses on facilitating maximal use of any remaining vestibular function, improvin...

Purpose: To assess body balance and to quantify possible alterations over the static posturography of the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU) in patients with vestibular dysfunction. Methods: Retrospective study, with files of 100 patients with topographic diagnosis of peripheral or central vestibular dysfunction and 100 healthy individuals that composed the Control Group, of both genders, with a...

BACKGROUND Chronic vestibular dysfunction is a frustrating problem in the elderly and can have a tremendous impact on their life, but only a few studies are available. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an important therapeutic option for the neuro-otologist in treating patients with significant balance deficits. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of vestibu...

Vertigo is caused by unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Unilateral vestibular dysfunction represents either vestibular overactivity as benign positional vertigo or underactivity as in labyrinthitis or both, at different times, as in a Ménière’s attack. Unilateral dysfunction could also be central rather than peripheral, such as in a lateral medullary syndrome. Unilateral vestibular dysfunction ...