INVESTIGATE YOUR DIZZY SYMPTOMS IN MELBOURNE

At Advanced Hearing, we have expertise in helping your doctor or Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist to diagnose your dizziness or vertigo.

Because the term dizziness can describe varying symptoms, and each patient may have a different idea of what dizziness means, our audiologist begins with a thorough case history. Our tests include:

Auditory Brainstem Response – for diagnosing disorders of the VIIIth nerve and lower auditory brainstem. The audiologist assesses evoked potentials in response to loud clicks.
Electrocochleography – to diagnose fluid imbalance in the inner ear and Meniere’s disease. The audiologist assesses electrical potentials in response to loud clicks.
Head Impulse Test – to assess semicircular canal function. This is an observation of whether the patient can maintain visual fixation or require corrective eye movements to regain eye contact with a target after brief and rapid head thrusts.
Videonystagmography – to measure and record a patient's eye movements, including nystagmus. We can observe voluntary and reflexive eye movements with tests such as saccades (shift in gaze from one point to another) and smooth pursuit (following a slowly moving target across the visual field).
Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential testing – testing otolith (saccule and utricle) function. VEMP testing involves measuring a response of the otoliths to sound or vibration stimulation.
Dix Hallpike test – to observe nystagmus and/or vertigo associated with BPPV. This test involves briskly moving the patient from sitting to supine position.

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INVESTIGATE YOUR DIZZY SYMPTOMS IN MELBOURNE

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