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Semin Hear 2002; 23(2): 149-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33000
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Vestibular Rehabilitation: Critical Decision Analysis

Richard E. Gans
  • The American Institute of Balance, Seminole, Florida
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25 July 2002 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT) is used by audiologists, physical and occupational therapists, and physicians as an efficacious treatment and management strategy for patients with noncompensated vestibular dysfunction secondary to a vestibular disease or disorder. Although vestibular rehabilitation techniques were first reported over a half-century ago, it has been in the past decade that these techniques have become a widely accepted nonmedical or nonsurgical treatment strategy for patients with chronic and often debilitating symptoms. The use of diagnosis-based strategies or individualized and programmatic therapy protocols and programs has been documented as providing the best treatment outcomes. Critical decision analysis and clinical pathways provide a straightforward method for clinicians in the identification and treatment of this population.

KEYWORDS

Vestibular - vestibulopathy - noncompensated - stabilized - unilateral vestibular dysfunction - vestibular rehabilitation

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