Brian W. Blakley, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Dizziness Clinic at Wayne State University Medical Center. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear.Mary-Ellen Siegel, M.S.W., is a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine (Social Work) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. A psychotherapist in private practice, she is the author of several books on health, including The Cancer Patient's Handbook.

• AcknowledgmentsPART I: Dizziness: What Does it Mean?Introduction1. The Balancing Act2. Feeling Off-Balance3. Finding the Cause of Dizziness and VertigoPART II: The Causes of Dizziness4. Peripheral Vestibular DisordersBenign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoVestibular NeuronitisLabyrinthitis and Other Ear InfectionsPerilymph FistulaCholesteatomaOtosclerosisTrauma to the EarMeniere's DiseaseRecurrent VestibulopathyMotion SicknessHeight Dizziness5. Central and Vascular Vestibular DisordersAcoustic NeuromaOther Brain TumorsCerebral AtrophyDisorders of the Blood SupplyTransient Ischemic AttacksStrokeMigraineEpilepsyMultiple SclerosisOther Central Vestibular Disorders6. Systemic DisordersCardiovascular DiseasesBacterial and Viral DiseasesConnective Tissue and Arthritic ProblemsBlood DisordersDiabetesChronic Kidney DiseaseThyroid DisordersAllergiesTemporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)Medications and Other Substances7. Dizziness and AnxietyAnxietyPhobiasDepressionSomatizationPsychotherapy and Other TreatmentsPART III: Treatment for Dizziness8. Medical, Dietetic, and Surgical TreatmentsMedicationDietSurgery9. Therapy and RehabilitationTeam Approach to RehabilitationPhysical Therapy Exercises You Can Do at HomeRelaxation TechniquesHypnosisBiofeedbackPsychotherapyHelping YourselfFuture Hope for Chronic DizzinessAppendix A. Helpful SourcesAppendix B. Suggested ReadingGlossaryIndex

Brian W. Blakley, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Dizziness Clinic at Wayne State University Medical Center. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear.Mary-Ellen Siegel, M.S.W., is a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine (Social Work) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. A psychotherapist in private practice, she is the author of several books on health, including The Cancer Patient's Handbook.

• AcknowledgmentsPART I: Dizziness: What Does it Mean?Introduction1. The Balancing Act2. Feeling Off-Balance3. Finding the Cause of Dizziness and VertigoPART II: The Causes of Dizziness4. Peripheral Vestibular DisordersBenign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoVestibular NeuronitisLabyrinthitis and Other Ear InfectionsPerilymph FistulaCholesteatomaOtosclerosisTrauma to the EarMeniere's DiseaseRecurrent VestibulopathyMotion SicknessHeight Dizziness5. Central and Vascular Vestibular DisordersAcoustic NeuromaOther Brain TumorsCerebral AtrophyDisorders of the Blood SupplyTransient Ischemic AttacksStrokeMigraineEpilepsyMultiple SclerosisOther Central Vestibular Disorders6. Systemic DisordersCardiovascular DiseasesBacterial and Viral DiseasesConnective Tissue and Arthritic ProblemsBlood DisordersDiabetesChronic Kidney DiseaseThyroid DisordersAllergiesTemporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)Medications and Other Substances7. Dizziness and AnxietyAnxietyPhobiasDepressionSomatizationPsychotherapy and Other TreatmentsPART III: Treatment for Dizziness8. Medical, Dietetic, and Surgical TreatmentsMedicationDietSurgery9. Therapy and RehabilitationTeam Approach to RehabilitationPhysical Therapy Exercises You Can Do at HomeRelaxation TechniquesHypnosisBiofeedbackPsychotherapyHelping YourselfFuture Hope for Chronic DizzinessAppendix A. Helpful SourcesAppendix B. Suggested ReadingGlossaryIndex

Brian W. Blakley, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Dizziness Clinic at Wayne State University Medical Center. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear.Mary-Ellen Siegel, M.S.W., is a lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine (Social Work) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. A psychotherapist in private practice, she is the author of several books on health, including The Cancer Patient's Handbook.

• AcknowledgmentsPART I: Dizziness: What Does it Mean?Introduction1. The Balancing Act2. Feeling Off-Balance3. Finding the Cause of Dizziness and VertigoPART II: The Causes of Dizziness4. Peripheral Vestibular DisordersBenign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoVestibular NeuronitisLabyrinthitis and Other Ear InfectionsPerilymph FistulaCholesteatomaOtosclerosisTrauma to the EarMeniere's DiseaseRecurrent VestibulopathyMotion SicknessHeight Dizziness5. Central and Vascular Vestibular DisordersAcoustic NeuromaOther Brain TumorsCerebral AtrophyDisorders of the Blood SupplyTransient Ischemic AttacksStrokeMigraineEpilepsyMultiple SclerosisOther Central Vestibular Disorders6. Systemic DisordersCardiovascular DiseasesBacterial and Viral DiseasesConnective Tissue and Arthritic ProblemsBlood DisordersDiabetesChronic Kidney DiseaseThyroid DisordersAllergiesTemporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)Medications and Other Substances7. Dizziness and AnxietyAnxietyPhobiasDepressionSomatizationPsychotherapy and Other TreatmentsPART III: Treatment for Dizziness8. Medical, Dietetic, and Surgical TreatmentsMedicationDietSurgery9. Therapy and RehabilitationTeam Approach to RehabilitationPhysical Therapy Exercises You Can Do at HomeRelaxation TechniquesHypnosisBiofeedbackPsychotherapyHelping YourselfFuture Hope for Chronic DizzinessAppendix A. Helpful SourcesAppendix B. Suggested ReadingGlossaryIndex