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Balance Assessment
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Audiology
Graduate
05/07/2018

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Term
inflammation of the 8th nerve
Definition
vestibular neuritis; results in no change of hearing
Term
involves the swelling of both branches of the vestibulocochlear nerve (the vestibular portion and the cochlear portion). Results in changes in hearing
Definition
labyrinthitis
Term
What are some symptoms of vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis?
Definition
Vertigo, nausea/vomiting, horizontal-torsional spontaneous nystagmus (beating toward affected side), impaired semicircular canal function (determined by head impulse of caloric testing), Ipsiversive tilt of subjective vertical/horizontal and ipsiversive ocular tilt reaction, Impaired or absent vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials when stimulating affected ear, and Unsteadiness/falling toward affected side
Term
characterized by persistent unsteadiness and/or non spinning vertigo that has occurred for 3 months or longer, with hypersensitivity to either their motion, or motion of the visual surroundings, as well as difficulty with precision visual tasks, like working at a computer.
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Persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
Term
Is a condition characterized by poor blood flow to the back portion of the brain, which is fed by 2 vertebral arteries that join to become the basilar artery
Definition
Vertebral basilar insufficiency
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