Practice and Advocacy
Vestibular Rehabilitation
Vestibular rehabilitation, or Balance Retraining Therapy, is a scientifically based and clinically valid therapeutic modality for the treatment of persistent dizziness and postural instability due to incomplete compensation after peripheral vestibular or central nervous system injury. Vestibular rehabilitation is valid for the treatment of dizziness resulting from the medical or surgical treatment of vertigo disorders and for acute vertigo resulting from a variety of peripheral vestibular disorders. Balance Retraining Therapy is also of significant benefit for fall prevention in the elderly patient after suffering from multiple sensory and motor impairment.
Adopted 6/24/97
Reaffirmed 3/1/98
Approved 12/27/07
Guidelines are not a substitute for the experience and judgment of a physician and are developed to enhance the physicians' ability to practice evidence-based medicine.
Important Notice
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. and Foundation (AAO-HNS/F) Policy Statements are guidelines only. In no sense do they represent a standard of care. The applicability of an indicator for a procedure, and/or of the process or outcome criteria, must be determined by the responsible physician in light of all the circumstances presented by the individual patient. Adherence to these guidelines will not ensure successful treatment in every situation. The AAO-HNS emphasizes that these policies should not be deemed inclusive of all proper treatment decisions or methods of care, nor exclusive of other treatment decisions or methods of care reasonably directed to obtaining the same results.
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- Victoria Falls, All Africa ENT & Audiology Congress--AAENTA 2012 (06/03/12)
- Pennsylvania Academy 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting (06/15/12)
- 17th World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology/Bronchoesophagology (06/15/12)
- 24th Congress of the European Rhinologic Society (06/17/12)
- Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment-Short Course (06/18/12)
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Workshops held in cities nationwide will help otolaryngologists, their staff, and other healthcare professionals code correctly, learn risk reduction strategies, and organize business systems.
