Audiology, Balance and Ear Information Links
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Dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders
Yahoo! Health
Dizziness Health Article: Demographics, etc.
Vestibular Disorders Association
How many people have vestibular disorders? How does it affect their quality of life? How do vestibular disorders affect the health care system? What is the most common form of vertigo? How many
people have Meniere’s disease?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Injury Prevention & Control / Home and Recreational Safety - Falls Among Older Adults: An Overview
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Survey Suggests Higher Risk of Falls Due to Dizziness in Middle-Aged and Older Americans: Millions unaware of danger from vestibular dysfunction; diabetes a risk factor, along with age.
National Dizzy & Balance Center
What causes dizziness vertigo?: Additional statistics about dizziness/balance disorders.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders
Balance Disorders
The American Institute of Balance
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Common Dizziness Sensation
Encyclopedia.com
Dizziness: Definition, description, vestibular system, peripheral vestibular system, etc.
Informa Healthcare
Growing evidence for balance and vestibular problems in children
The Vestibular System
What is the anatomy of the vestibular system and how does it work?
Diagnosis and Treatment of Dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders
eMedicine from WebMD
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Introduction - background, Pathophysiology, frequency, clinical - history, physical, causes.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
What is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)? What are its symptoms and causes? How is it diagnosed? How does Johns Hopkins treat it?
Hearing Review
Advances in Pediatric Vestibular Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
WebMD
Brain & Nervous System Health Center: Semont and Epley maneuvers for vertigo
Vesticon
Epley Omniax System
Neuro Kinetics
Neuro Kinetics’ rotation chair: Tracking eye movements and neuro-otologic diagnostic system
Health Indicators Warehouse
Specialty Health Care for adults with moderate to severe balance or dizziness problems
Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA)
What is Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)?
Tinnitus, Hearing Loss and Assistive Devices
Hearingloss.org
Facts on hearing loss
eMedicine Specialties
Inner Ear, Syndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Incidence and Prevalence of Communication Disorders and Hearing Loss in Children - 2008 Edition
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders
Tinnitus
Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment
Is there a treatment for tinnitus?
Southwestern Hearing Centers
Types of hearing devices
Lyric Hearing Device
The first and only extended wear hearing device that is 100% invisible
Hearing Mojo
‘Invisible Hearing Aid’ Pioneer Lyric Hearing Is Fast Out Of The Gates In A Market That Is Sure To Draw Plenty Of Competition
Mild-Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Carey Balaban, PhD & Michael E. Hoffer, CAPT MC USN
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Vestibular Consequences
Traumaticbraininjury.com
Symptoms of mTBI
Neuro Kinetics I-Portal® neuro-otologic test devices
Diagnostic tool used in research applications to detect mTBI and to monitor recovery from head trauma