“Sometimes scientists can’t discern if something went wrong in an animal model until clinical results show inconsistency. That is why we always exercise caution [about interpreting results with animal models] before we see the confirmation from clinical findings involving people,†Zhang said. Zhang is also a member of the ATA Board of Directors and former chair of the ATA’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
Category: Case Study
Vestibular Impairment in Children with Hearing Loss | Bearing a Load
Bárány Society 2018 Breakfast Seminar, June 12 This video has been set to commence with the talk titled “Vestibular Impairment in Children with Hearing Loss: Bearing a Load”, presented by Sharon Cushing, MD MSc, FRCSC
mdDS people out and about – meet Polly Moyer
This photo was taken at the Cambridge Rare Diseases Network Summit in October. Second from the right is Polly Moyer, one of the co-founders/co-facilitators of Action for MdDS UK. Their website: actionformdds.org.uk/ Polly helps to facilitate the UK Facebook group. She is pictured here with Steph (her co-founder/facilitator), Professor Floris Wuyts (second from left) and Darius […]
Mal de Débarquement Syndrome | Pregnancy Survey
You are invited to participate in a research study being conducted by Dr. Cherylea Browne, Lecturer in Human Anatomy, School of Science & Health and Ms. Viviana Mucci, Doctoral Student, Antwerp University Research Centre for Equilibrium and Aerospace (AUREA) & Laboratory of BioMedical Physics (BIMEF), University of Antwerp. This research aims to contribute to the […]
Dizzy Me. Shedding light on balance – a personal story
Tania Stadsbader is a VEDA Ambassador and author of the book, “Dizzy Me” – a memoir about her journey to get a vestibular diagnosis. She’s heard it all, from hyperventilation to a brain tumour, and from laziness to M’nière’s syndrome. It took doctors almost 14 years to figure out why Tania Stadsbader felt so dizzy. […]
Leveling the MdDS concerns
Mal de Débarquement syndrome (MdDS) is persistent dizziness, disequilibrium and rocking sensation (like being on a boat) on return to a stable environment (land) following motion adaptation. ‘Sea legs’ or ‘land sickness’ is a common sensation after being aboard an ocean liner for a period of time. Instead of resolving when returning to land within […]