Author: Brady Workman

Brady Workman, AuD, is an audiologist in the Balance Disorders program at Wake Forest Baptist Health Center. Brady resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is licensed by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists and is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. His primary clinical interests include comprehensive vestibular assessment and adult hearing diagnostics.
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The Video Ocular Counter-Roll (vOCR): A New Means to Assess Utricle Function

Brady Workman Leave a comment Audiology / Dizziness / Vestibular disorders

The vestibular system (inner ear and brain pathways) has a primary role of providing visual stability associated with head movement through the vestibular ocular reflex (VOR). The VOR is able to provide visual stability by causing the eyes to move in the opposite direction of a head turn or head tilt. For instance, if a…

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Atypical Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Brady Workman Leave a comment Audiology / Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo / BPPV / Eply Manuever

It is widely accepted that BPPV is the most common peripheral vestibular disorder (inner ear) and it is the most common reason anyone would experience episodic brief vertigo.   Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo   BPPV is an inner ear disorder where otoconia (inner ear crystals) migrate into the semicircular canals (head turn sensors), which results…

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