Symptoms
The most common symptoms of vestibular dysfunction.
What is Dizziness and trouble with balance?
Causes of Vestibular migraines
What are altered sleep patterns, MSG, menstrual cycle, and food such as chocolate, ripened or aged cheese, and red wine?
Two structures of the Vestibular system
What are the vestibule and semicircular canals
this disorder causes poor balance, inappropriate eye movements, vertigo, loss of perception of up motion, and sickness
General Vestibular dysfunctions
(True or False) Over thirty-five of US adults aged 40 and over have vestibular dysfunction at some point in their life.
The leans, Coriolis illusion, Graveyard spiral, somatogravic illusion, inverse illusion, and elevator illusion.
What are vestibular illusions
Fluid in the ear moves at the same speed as the canal. Plus changing directions causes disorientation in perception.
What is Coriolis illusion
The sensory system responsible for providing our brain with information about motion, head position, and spatial orientation
What is the Vestibular system
This disorder results from sudden pressure change in the inner ear
What is Meniere's Disease
(True or False) There is a cure for most Vestibular disorders.
What is False
Causes prolonged vertigo usually in the absence of significant hearing loss
Vestibular neuritis
Constant turns lead to a feeling that the plane is flying level. Trying to level the plane leads to disorientation, returning back to their descent.
What is Graveyard Spiral
Contains the semicircular canals which are three tubes that are each situated in a plane in which the head can rotate.
What is the Vestibular Labyrinth
This disorder occurs when a small piece of otolithic membrane breaks off and presses against capula, it is treated with repositioning exercises and it eventually breaks down
What is Positional Vertigo
(True or False) 1 out of every 10 people you may know are suffering from Vestibular dysfunctions
What is False
(It is three out of every 10 people)
Viral infections, often resulting from a systemic virus such as the flu or the herpes virus
What are common causes of vestibular neuritis
(Refer to case study) This illusion was the result after the go-around button was pressed accidentally which resulted in rapid acceleration.
What is the Somatogravic illusion
The longest stereocilia, they can bend towards or away from this
What is Kinocilium
This disorder occurs when an excessive amount of alcohol is consumed, it can enter the cupula of the crista ampullaris, making it denser than the surrounding endolymph, which essentially makes the crista ampullaris into and otolith organ, this causes the sensation of spinning and an overcompensation of movement
What is Alcohol and loss of Balance/Spins
(True or False) Vestibular dysfunction is most commonly caused by head injury, aging, and viral infection.
What is True?