DIZZINESS, IMBALANCE AND HEARING DISORDERS

Timothy C. Hain, MD

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Movie Index site DVD:

Dizziness -- broadly

• An overview of dizziness
• Evaluation of the dizzy patient (for clinicians)
• Dizziness in the elderly (English) Korean version
• Unlocalized dizziness and ataxia
• Understanding your dizziness and balance disorder DVD (2006)

Dizziness or vertigo caused by inner ear problems

• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) (English version) Spanish version Korean version
  • Posterior canal BPPV
  • Lateral Canal BPPV
  • Controversies
  • Dix-Hallpike test
  • Recent articles with comments
  • BPPV treatment DVD (2006)
• Meniere's Disease (English version)Spanish version Korean version
  • Epidemiology (distribution in the population)
  • Causation
  • Alternative Treatments
  • Recent articles with comments
• Infections
  • Vestibular Neuritis and Labyrinthitis
  • Otosyphilis
  • West Nile
• Bilateral Vestibular Loss (including Gentamicin toxicity) (English version) Spanish Version Korean version
  • Causes of bilateral loss
  • Ototoxic drugs
  • Ototoxic ear drops
  • Prevention
  • Recent articles with comments
• Pressure Sensitivity
  • Perilymph Fistula
  • Superior Canal Dehiscence
• Tumors and other masses
  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Glomus Tumor
  • Meningioma
  • subarachnoid cyst
• Microvascular compression syndrome
• Utricular Dysfunction

Dizziness caused by Neurological Problems

• Basilar invagination
• Brainstem strokes (pathophysiology and presentation)
• B12 deficiency
• Cerebellar degenerations
• Cervical vertigo
• Chiari Malformation
• Epilepsy
• Lithium toxicity.
• Low CSF pressure
• Mal de debarquement (MDD)
• Migraine associated vertigo
  • Spanish Version Korean version
• Motion sickness
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Parkinsonism and related disorders
• Periventricular white matter lesions
• Primary Orthostatic Tremor (POT)
• Oculopalatal myoclonus
• Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (diagnosis and treatment)

Dizziness caused by low blood pressure.

•   Syncope
•   Orthostatic Hypotension

Hearing problems

• Hearing loss (general discussion)
• Autoimmune inner ear disease
• Auditory neuropathy
• Acoustic Neuroma and Glomus tumor
• Dry ears
• Hyperacusis
• Menieres Disease
• Otosclerosis
• Otitis media
• Tinnitus
• Ear Wax

Miscellaneous -- mainly situational or particular symptoms of dizziness

• Events or disorders with a tenuous connection to dizziness
  • Post-traumatic Vertigo
  • Postpartum (pregnancy related) vertigo
  • Lightning injuries
  • TMJ (temporomandibular joint) induced symptoms
  • Fibromyalgia
• Dizziness associated with various activities
  • Exercise induced dizziness
  • Flying
  • Motion sickness
  • Positional vertigo
  • Pressure sensitivity
  • Sexual activity
  • Sound sensitivity (Tullio's)
  • Visual dependence and visual sensitivity (grocery store syndrome)
• Symptoms
  • Rocking
• Drop attacks
• Fluctuations
• Inversion illusions

Treatment of Vertigo

• Medical treatment
• Vestibular Rehabilitation
• Surgical Treatment (general)
  • Intratympanic gentamicin
  • Intratympanic steroids
• Tai Chi for balance

Practice related material for the dizzy clinician

• Bedside recording of eye movements
• Drug treatment of dizziness
• Evaluation of the dizzy patient
• Eye movement testing
• Site DVD (has lots of movies)
• Patient education materials:
  • BPPV home exercise DVD
  • Understanding your dizziness and Balance Disorder DVD
  • Tai Chi for Balance
• Questionnaire for dizzy patients