Discover a Life Rebalanced - Vestibular Disorders Association

How Does COVID Affect Me?
VeDA’s Medical and Scientific Advisors provide advice for some vestibular patients who may be at higher risk for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
VeDA has been receiving many questions about coronavirus (officially known as “2019-Novel Coronavirus,” “SARS-CoV19” or “COVID-19”) in the context of vestibular disorders.  We would like to share some of our thoughts with you to help answer some of these...

VeDA announces a new partnership with Urban Poling, a Canadian company that manufactures and distributes walking poles that increase mobility and function at every age and fitness level.
Many people with vestibular (inner ear and brain) balance dysfunction struggle with chronic balance problems and are unable to walk unassisted. Having a tool that ensures that they can exercise safely can promote compensation and assist in their recovery...

Dr. Alain Semont is a French physiotherapist known for introducing the Semont manuever for treatment of BPPV and coining the term, “vestibular rehabilitation.”
Introduction
Balance rehabilitation is commonly linked to disorders of the neuro-motor outputs of the equilibrium function. Disorders of stance, gait and posture are indications for balance rehabilitation or physiotherapy treatment, which include impairments for...

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invited public comment on revisions to their strategic plan, which will determine future research directions and priorities. VeDA’s Medical & Scientific Advisers submitted...