Dizziness and vertigo across the lifespan / [edited by] A. Tucker Gleason, PhD, (Director of Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States), Bradley W. Kesser, (Department of Otoloaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dizziness demographics and population health / Yuri Agrawal -- Technological advances in testing the dizzy patient / Tzu-Pu Chang, David S. Zee and Amir Kheradmand -- Development of the vestibular system and of balance function / Robert O'Reilly, Thierry Morlet, Chris Grindle, Emily Zwicky and Erin Field -- Assessment techniques for vestibular evaluation in pediatric patients / L. Maureen Valente -- An unpdate on the predominant forms of vertigo in children and their associated findings on balance function testing / Devin L. McCaslin, Jamie M. Bogle and Gary P. Jacobson -- Dizziness and vertigo in the adolescent / Howard P. Goodkin, Jennie Taylor and Denia Ramirez-Montealegre -- Evaluation of dizziness in the litigating patient / Gerard J. Gianoli and James S. Soileau -- The vidoe head impulse test / Kristal M. Riska, Owen D. Murnane -- Positional vertigo / Edward I. Cho and Judith A. White -- Vestibular neuritis / John C. Goddard and Jose N. Fayad -- Migraine-associated vertigo / Timothy C. Hain and Marcello Cherchi -- Superior semicircular canal dehiscence / Gerard J. Gianoli and James S. Soileau -- Meniere's disease / Maroun T. Semaan, Sarah E. Mowry, Nauman Manzoor and Cliff A. Megerian -- Uncommon causes of disequilibrium in the adult / Marcello Cherchi -- The cardiovascualr dizziness connection / Jorge M. Serrador -- Vertebrobasilar infarcts and ischemia / Gail Ishiyama, David S. Liebeskind and Akira Ishiyama -- Dizziness in the elderly / Michael S. Harris, Kamran Barin and Edward E. Dodson -- Medication-related dizziness in the older adult / Yaena Min, Osama A. Shoair and Patricia W. Slattum -- Older adults with dizziness / Muhammad Airwaily and Susan L. Whitney.

Get a quick, expert overview of dizziness and vertigo from childhood through old age with this concise, practical resource. Drs. Bradley W. Kesser and Tucker Gleason have assembled a leading team of experts to address timely clinical topics of interest to otolarynologists and other health care providers who see patients with these common problems.