Vertigo Visions

The inner ear contains three major sensory receptors: the crista of the semicircular canals for sensing angular acceleration, the macule of the utricle and saccule for sensing line...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is by far the most common cause of vertigo, and approximately one in five people will have it at some time during their lifetime. Sudden...

Until 1980, treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) mainly consisted of reassuring patients of the benign nature of the condition and a recommendation that they av...

This chapter provides information on deafness and the ageing ear, audiology, hearing aids, tinnitus, vertigo, assessment of vertigo, and management of vertigo....

The mechanism for maintaining balance in man is complex. Vision, proprioception, and vestibular inputs are integrated in the central nervous system, and modulated by activity from ...

Near the turn of the 21st century, as more physicians began performing the Epley and Semont maneuvers for treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), it became appare...

The questions that drove Blake’s American reception, from its earliest moments in the nineteenth century through to the explosion of Blakeanism in the mid-twentieth century, did no...

This third and final volume in Edward and Farrier’s groundbreaking trilogy spotlights the vibrant spectrum of drag as an art form, identity category and political force. Drawing on...