Join our Superior Canal Dehiscence podcast with Vestibular SIG member Ethan Hood, PT, DPT interviewing content expert Dr. Michael Ruckenstein. Dr. Ruckenstein is a neurotologist and  the Vice Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology and Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

Host Maureen Clancy PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT. Is joined by Karen McCulloch PT, PhD, FAPTA, NCS in a discussion on the release of the Concussion Clinical Practice Guideline in April 2020.

Doctor Alaina Bassett, AuD., PhD., CCC-A and Doctor Jessie Patterson, AuD., PhD., CCC-A join host Nikki DiSalvio, PT DPT, MS to discuss the function of the vestibular system and vestibular diagnostic testing. This podcast will review the role of audiologists in vestibular testing and how clinicians can utilize the results from vestibular testing to guide their clinical practice. 

Motion or travel sickness is as old as the various types of motion that cause it. "Visually Induced Motion Sickness (VIMS) is a sensation very similar to traditional motion sickness, with the difference being that physical movement is usually limited or absent during VIMS" ( Keshavarz, 2014) In today's show, host Host Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, NCS is joined by Dr Beharang Keshavarz, PhD an eminent scientist to share his expertise in causes and characteristics of Visually Induced Motion...

A steady accumulation of evidence suggests that vestibular lesions not just effect oculomotor and postural reflexes in humans but also may lead to cognitive deficits Host Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, NCS is joined by Dr. Paul Smith, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, to discuss the implications of vestibular input to the hippocampus on vestibular rehabilitation. Professor Smith completed his PhD in vestibular neuroscience...

Host Ethan Hood, PT, DPT talks with Nathan W. Steinhafel, MS, OD, FAAO, Director of TBI Vision Services at Armstrong Eye Care Associates in Pittsburgh, PA about what vision therapy is and the role of vision therapy in treating patients with neurological pathology like concussion.

Host Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, NCS is joined by Major. Carrie Hoppes, PT, PhD, NCS, OCS. CSCS, ATC. Major Hoppes is an Active Duty Army Physical Therapist and the Deputy Director of the Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy. Major Hoppes graduated from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and the U.S. Army Baylor-University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy is 2006. She completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Science in 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh....

Host Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, NCS is joined by Dr. Andreas Zwergal, MD, PhD, an associate professor at Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders at University of Munich, Germany to discuss cerebellar dizziness - assessment and treatment interventions.  Dr Zwergal obtained his  MD in 2006 from Technical University Munich and further a PhD in Molecular Biology from the same University. He is a board certified Neurologist and holds certification in Intensive...

Puja Agarwal, PT, DPT, MHA is joined by Dr. Janet Helmisnki, PT, PhD to discuss atypical BPPV and its biomechanics, apogeotropic nystagmus, differential diagnosis and interventions.  Janet O. Helminski, PT, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy, Midwestern University and a physical therapist Midwestern University Multispecialty Clinic.  She received her PhD from Northwestern University’s Institute for Neuroscience. Her clinical focus is treating atypical BPPV and uncompensated peripheral...

Host Puneet Dhaliwal, PT, DPT, NCS is joined by Dr. Marousa Pavlou, a senior lecturer in Physiotherapy at King's College London, in this episode to discuss the assessment and rehabilitation of people with visually induced dizziness. Dr Pavlou obtained her PhD from Imperial College London. Her research and clinical practice focuses on the assessment and rehabilitation of balance, primarily in adults and children with vestibular disorders, and older adults who have fallen or are at risk of...

Puja Agarwal, PT, DPT is joined by Daniel R. Gold, D.O. in a discussion on skew deviation, its definition, identification and pertienence to Vestibular Rehabilitation. Dr. Gold is an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Host Maureen Clancy PT, DPT,  OCS is joined by Sarah Gallagher PT, DPT, NCS and Sara Oxborough PT in a discussion on the use of telehealth in vestibular rehabilitation.  They discuss who is appropriate for this treatment and the benefits and challenges associated with treating in this manner.  

Host Maureen Clancy PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT is joined by Rose Marie Rine PT, PhD and Jennifer Braswell Christy PT, PhD in a discussion on pediatric vestibular rehabilitation.  They discuss the common disorders children presents with, prevalence of vestibular disorders in children, and the signs and symptoms a child presents with.  Additionally the tests commonly used in children, equipment required and how treatment differs between children and adults. 

Host Nikki DiSalvio, PT, DPT, MS is joined by content experts Dr. Patrick Sparto, PT, PhD and Dr. Samantha Michael PT, DPT to discuss the current uses of virtual reality in vestibular rehabilitaton. Our experts will review current technologies available in both research and clinical settings and discuss implications for use of vitual reality in treating patients with vestibular disorders.

Panel members Sara Oxborough, PT and Ethan Hood, PT, DPT, MBA, NCS, GCS discuss the effects of aging on vestibular functioning. The panel members weigh in on common anatomical changes that occur in the vestibular system with age, the relationship between vestibular disorders and falls in older adults, and discuss examination and treatment of vestibular functioning in the elderly population.

Host Maureen Clancy PT, DPT, OCS is joined by Dr. Courtney Hall PT, PhD and Dr. Sue Whitney PT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA in a dicsussion on vestibular hypofunction.  This podcast reviews the medical conditions that would lead to a diagnosis of hypofunction, clincal testing, treatment, exercise prescription, and the key updates from the recent CPG on vestibular hypofunction.  For additional information please go...

Host Nikki DiSalvio, MS, SPT is joined by content experts Dr. Anne Mucha PT, DPT, MS, NSC and Dr. Karen Skop, PT, DPT to discuss current practices in concussion management ranging from screening tools, prognostic factors for recovery, and recommendations for clinics that are interested in starting a concussion program.

Host Ethan Hood, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, NCS is joined by panel experts Janet Helminski, PT, Ph.D. and Anne Galgon PT, Ph.D., NCS discussing the latest advances in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) treatment and any changes noted with the recent release (2017) of the BPPV clinical practice guideline (CPG). 

Karen M. Skop, PT, DPT and Carol Wamsley, PT, DPT, BS, NCS, CBIS discus case studies of patient's with central vestibular and balance dysfunction. They will delineate similarities and differences as well as prognosis and outcome considerations for these individuals in a subacute rehabiliation setting.