The neurotological workup of patients with minor head trauma was carried out prospectively. The preliminary results of the ongoing study were derived from 38 subjects (12 female, 26 male) at an average age of 33.5 years. All had been hospitalized after having suffered minimum head trauma followed by a temporary loss of consciousness, by amnesia, or by vomitting. The 38 subjects underwent the ex...

Background: Postural control requires complex processing of peripheral sensory inputs from the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems. Motion sensitivity and decreased postural control are influenced by visual-vestibular conflicts. The purpose of this study was to measure the difference between the postural control of healthy adults with and without history of sub-clinical chronic motion ...

UNLABELLED Posturography has been used in the evaluation of patients with vestibular disorders. AIM To evaluate balance control with the Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU) posturography in patients with Menière's disease. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case-control. MATERIAL AND METHOD 30 patients diagnosed with Menière's disease and a control group consisting of 40 healthy matching individuals ...

We used multivariate kinematics and joint torque measurements during dynamic posturography to determine the relative contributions of changes in overall control gain, relative weighting of sensors, and noise-like effects on posture control in the elderly. Our results show that sway coordination and amplitude both change with age, but that changes in overall feedback gains do not explain these d...

Audiological and vestibular testing plays an important role in diagnosis of Menière’s disease,as disease per se and as staging diagnosis. A battery of tests are recommended in order to have a better evaluation of the disease. Audiological testing includes pure tone audiometry, with highlights of bone conduction especially in acute episodes of Menière’s disease, speech audiometry and glycerol te...