NEURO-OTOLOGY, VOLUME137

1. Anatomy, physiology and physics of the peripheral vestibular system
H. Kingma and R. van de Berg (Maastricht, the Netherlands and Tomsk, Russian Federation)
2. Physiology of central pathways
K.E. Cullen (Montreal, Canada)
3. Neurotransmitters in the vestibular system
C.D. Balaban (Pittsburgh, USA)
4. Multi-sensory integration in balance control
A.M. Bronstein (London, UK)
5. The epidemiology of dizziness and vertigo
H.K. Neuhauser (Berlin, Germany)
6. Vestibular symptoms and history taking
A. Bisdorff (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg)
7. Bedside examination
D. Straumann (Zurich, Switzerland)
8. Eye movements in vestibular disorders
A. Kheradmand, A.I. Colpak and D.S. Zee (Baltimore, USA and Ankara, Turkey)
9. The caloric irrigation test
N.T. Shepard and G.P. Jacobson (Rochester and Nashville, USA)
10. Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials
J.G. Colebatch, S.M. Rosengren and M.S. Welgampola (Sydney, Australia)
11. Audiometry and other hearing tests
R.A. Davies (London, UK)
12. Rotational testing
J.M. Furman (Pittsburgh, USA)
13. An overview of vestibular rehabilitation
S.L. Whitney, A.A. Alghwiri and A. Alghadir (Pittsburgh, USA, Amman, Jordan and
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
14. Principles of vestibular pharmacotherapy
C. Chabbert (Marseille, France)
15. Acute unilateral loss of vestibular function
M. Fetter (Carlsbad, Germany)
16. Chronic unilateral vestibular loss
K.A. Kerber (Ann Arbor, USA)
17. Bilateral vestibulopathy
M. Strupp, K. Feil, M. Dieterich and T. Brandt (Munich, Germany)
18. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and its variants
D. Nuti, M. Masini and M. Mandalà (Siena, Italy)
19. Menière’s disease
J.M. Espinosa-Sanchez and J.A. Lopez-Escarnez (Granada and Jain, Spain)
20. Otologic disorders causing dizziness including surgery for vestibular disorders
P. Bertholon and A. Karkas (Saint Etienne, France)
21. Post-traumatic dizziness and vertigo
M. Szczupak, M.E. Hoffer, S. Murphy and C. Balaban (Miami and Pittsburgh, USA)
22. Vestibular migraine
M. von Brevern and T. Lempert (Berlin, Germany)
23. Ischemic syndromes causing dizziness and vertigo
K-D. Choi, H. Lee and J-S. Kim (Busan, Daegu and Gyeonggi-do, Korea)
24. Functional and psychiatric vestibular disorders
J.P. Staab (Rochester, USA)
25. Vertigo and dizziness in children
K. Jahn (Munich, Germany)
26. The conundrum of cervicogenic dizziness
M. Magnusson and E-M. Malmström (Lund, Sweden)
27. Motion sickness
J.F. Golding (London, UK)
28. Mal de debarquement syndrome
T.C. Hain and M. Cherchi (Chicago, USA)

• Synthesizes widely dispersed information on the anatomy and physiology of neuro-otologic conditions into one comprehensive resource
• Features input from renowned international authors in basic science, otology, and neuroscience
• Presents the latest assessment of the techniques needed to diagnose and treat patients with dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance
• Provides the reader with an updated, in-depth review of the clinically relevant science and the clinical approach to those disorders of the peripheral and central vestibular system

Authors
• Joseph M. Furman, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Thomas Lempert, Facharzt für Neurologie, Schlosspark-Klinik, Berlin, Germany