This photo is of the Master Class for Vestibular Testing in Amsterdam (2016).
Prof Dr Margie Sharpe
Cause to Reflect on Vestibular Rehabilitation for PPPD
Patients with chronic dizziness are often diagnosed with a functional dizziness syndrome such as PPPD, previously known as Phobic Postural Vertigo (PVD). Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) PPPD is based on a condition called phobic postural vertigo (PPV) first described in the 1980’s by Brandt and Dieterich, two eminent German neurologists. The primary symptoms of PPPD […]
Safety Valve | Harvard Medical School
Quote; Their findings reveal a unique biological mechanism for maintaining fluid pressure and composition and may inform the study and treatment of disorders involving defects in inner ear pressure such as Meniere’s disease, a condition marked by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears. The results could also help researchers study pressure control in […]
The Bárány Society
The Bárány Society is an international interdisciplinary society founded in 1960 and facilitates contacts between basic scientists and clinicians engaged in vestibular research and stimulates otoneurological education and research. The Bárány Society initiates worldwide evidence-based consensus and standardisation regarding the definition of syndromes, diseases, diagnostic procedures and treatment by means of its standardisation committees and […]
A Deaf Ear is Not a Dead Ear: Looking Inside the Cochlea With Prof. Helge Rask-Andersen
Prof. Rask-Andersen is a specialist in ENT & Audiology, an anatomist, and electron microscopist, and he is a senior Professor in experimental Otology at the Uppsala University and the Academic Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. He currently runs the Research Department at the Academic Hospital. In this article, Prof. Rask-Andersen explains the intricate functions of the cochlea and […]
Confused by concussion; the research still needs to be done.
. Dr Margie Sharpe has been saying for a number of years, research is needed to look at the effects of mild traumatic head injuries and the connections to dementia later in life. She has said, . “If only we could talk to the brains of our patients with movement disorders caused by disease (e.g. Stroke, Parkinson’s disease) […]