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A healthy inner ear supplies the brain with constant information about movement. That information changes with movement. The inner ears could be described as generators producing electrical current. When the head is still, the “power” supplied by the two generators (the two inner ears) is equal. Whenever the brain receives a signal from the inner ears, the eyes reflexively respond

Good, But Not Sliced Bread Yet This week’s post would fall under the heading of “unsolicited opinion.” I received my copy of the March/April edition of AudiologyToday, which is produced by the American Academy of Audiology.  I spotted a Letter to the Editor by Gary Jacobson and Devin McCaslin, both on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Jacobson and McCaslin are

One Veterinarian’s Account   This week, my good friend Jenny Langford has agreed to give a veterinarian’s perspective on canine vestibular disease. Jenny also happens to be my dog’s vet as well as a periodic BPPV sufferer herself. I asked her if she has ever seen a dog that she suspected may have BPPV. Here’s Jenny:   “He has had

  Last week’s blog online pharmacy order amoxil no prescription with best prices today in the USA discussed that “Dogs Get Dizzy Too!” I mentioned that I was unaware of any specific case reports of doggy BPPV. Well, the next day, I got an email from my friend Erin Miller AuD, who just happens to be one of the top

Dogs and Vestibular Disorders We get to know our dogs pretty well. We know when they are happy, scared, lonely or hungry. We also know when they suffer from a vestibular (inner ear) disorder. Dogs rely on their ears for hearing and balance just like we do. And, they can suffer from the same inner ear disorders. There are many

  Explained by an Astronaut: online pharmacy buy rybelsus online with best prices today in the USA I ran across an interesting article in Forbes Magazine by Dr. Garret Reisman, former NASA astronaut. He was asked what it is like to return to earth after being in a gravity free environment on the international space station. I have a vague

A couple of weeks back, I did a short post discussing that many patients diagnosed with Meniere’s disease may be misdiagnosed. I received a comment from a reader asking, “is there now a definitive way to diagnose Meniere’s?”  Well, sort of. Meniere’s disease is diagnosed by recognizing a pattern of symptoms and a constellation of clinical signs. There is no

The Epley maneuver (or canalith repositioning) has historically been described as involving four positions, with the Dix-Hallpike test being position #1. Position #2 involves having the patient roll their head away from the affected side. Position #3 continues in the same direction to the nose down position, and position #4 involves bringing the patient back up into the sitting position.

It’s time again for some disorganized thoughts that surface periodically. Hopefully, one of them will be helpful. In Which Ear Do You Have Meniere’s? There is nothing simple about Meniere’s disease. It is the least understood, most debilitating, and least responsive to treatment of all inner ear disorders. It is also over-diagnosed. I have seen hundreds of people over the

Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far? Back in 2013, I did a several part series on BPPV online pharmacy rogaine with best prices today in the USA  (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo). My concern was that BPPV was being overlooked, under diagnosed, and not treated often enough in the general medical community. The vast majority of patients complaining of positional vertigo