INTRODUCTION
VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
HISTORY
EXAMINATION OF THE DIZZY PATIENT
General Examination
Mental Status Examination
Cranial Nerve Examination
Ocular Motor Examination
Motor System Examination
Sensory System Examination
Cerebellar System Examination
Directed Neuro-Otologic Examination
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF VERTIGO AND DIZZINESS
PERIPHERAL CAUSES
BPPV (Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo)
Mechanism of BPPV
Post-Traumatic Vertigo
Drug Toxicity
Meniere's Syndrome
Other Peripheral Vestibular Conditions
CENTRAL NEUROLOGIC CAUSES
Brainstem Ischemia and Infarction
Multiple Sclerosis
Cerebello-Pontine Angle Tumors
Cranial Neuropathy
Posterior Fossa Lesions
Seizure Disorders
SYSTEMIC OR MEDICAL CAUSES
Drugs
Hypotension
Endocrine Disorders
MULTIPLE SENSORY ABNORMALITIES
DIZZINESS IN CHILDHOOD
LABORATORY EVALUATION OF DIZZINESS (TESTS)
Electronystagmography (ENG)
Rotational Testing
Posturography
Additional Tests
Neuroradiologic Investigation
THERAPY FOR PERIPHERAL VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
Medical Therapy for Peripheral Vestibular Disorders
Exercise Therapy for BPPV
Surgical Therapy for Peripheral Vestibular Disorders
THERAPY FOR SYSTEMIC AND CENTRAL VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
Surgical Therapy for Central Vestibular Disorders
AUDITORY DISORDERS
TYPES OF HEARING LOSS
Conductive Hearing Loss
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Mixed Hearing Loss
Sensory versus Neural Lesions
Central Hearing Loss
TINNITUS
Classification of Tinnitus
Subjective Tinnitus
Objective Tinnitus
EXAMINATION OF HEARING
Basic Office Examination of Hearing
Weber Test
Rinne Test
Tests of Auditory Function
Speech Reception Threshold (SRT)
Speech Discrimination
Immitance Test Battery
Tympanometry
Static Compliance
Acoustic reflex threshold
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
Electrocochleography
THERAPY FOR AUDITORY DISORDERS
Amplification
Management of Tinnitus
Masking
Biofeedback
Counseling

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