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Covers common diagnosed conditions and related dysfunction problems, highlights prevalence and symptom burden across adults and children, and describes typical symptoms such as imbalance, vertigo, dizziness, visual disturbance, nausea, hearing changes, cognitive effects, and fatigue. 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If disease or injury damages these processing areas, vestibular disorders can result. Vestibular disorders can also result from or be worsened by genetic or environmental conditions, or occur for unknown reasons .  \nThe most commonly diagnosed vestibular disorders include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis, Ménière’s disease, secondary endolymphatic hydrops, and perilymph fistula . Vestibular disorders also include superior canal dehiscence, acoustic neuroma, ototoxicity, enlarged vestibular aqueduct, and mal dedébarquement. Other problems related to vestibular dysfunction include migraine associated vertigo and complications from autoimmune disorders and allergies .  \nPrevalence and Incidence  \nBecause of difficulties posed by accurately diagnosing and reporting vestibular disorders, statistics estimating how common they are, how often they occur, and what social impacts they have range widely. Yet even the lowest estimates reflect the fact that vestibular  \ndisorders occur frequently and can affect people of any age.  \nOne recent large epidemiological study estimates that as many as 35% adults aged 40 years or older in the United States—approximately 69 million Americans—have experienced some form of vestibular dysfunction.1 According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a further 4%(8 million) of American adults report a chronic problem with balance, while an additional 1.1%(2.4 million) report a chronic problem with dizziness alone .2 Eighty percent of people aged 65 years and older have experienced dizziness,3 and BPPV, the most common vestibular disorder, is the cause of approx imately 50% of dizziness in older people .4 Overall, vertigo from a vestibular problem accounts for a third of all dizziness and vertigo symptoms reported to  \nhealth care professionals .5  \nSymptoms of chronic dizziness or imbalance can have a significant  \nimpact on the ability of a disabled person to perform one or more activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, or simply getting around inside the home, affecting 11. 5% of adults with chronic dizziness and 33.4% of adults with chronic imbalance .6 The painful economic and  \nsocial impacts of dizziness are significantly underestimated.5  \nVestibular disorders not only profoundly affect adults, but also children. Once thought to be exceptionally rare, pediatric vestibular disorders are receiving increasing attention from clinicians as an overlooked problem .7 In addition to impairments of motor development and balance, vestibular deficits may cause poor gaze stability that inhibits children from learning to read. Despite new awareness of pediatric vestibular disorders, children are currently not typically screened for them, and as a result frequently fail to receive medical treatment for their symptoms .  \nSymptoms  \nSymptoms of vestibular dysfunction maybe mild, lasting perhaps only seconds or minutes, or they may be severe, resulting in total disability. Not all symptoms will be experienced by every person, and other symptoms are possible . Common symptoms of vestibular disorders are listed below .  \n• Imbalance or unsteadiness  \n• Vertigo, (a spinning or whirling sensation; an illusion of the self or world moving)  \n• Dizziness (a lightheaded, floating, or rocking sensation)  \n• Blurred or bouncing vision  \n• Nausea  \n• Hearing changes  \n• Problems with coordination, thinking, and memory  \nIn addition, people with vestibular disorders may experience headaches and muscular aches in the neck and back, an increased tendency to suffer from motion sickness, and ","cbCaihtHRbTdysOb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihtHRbTdysOb","pdf",157382,"English","# Prevalence and Incidence\n# Symptoms\n# Causes\n# Diagnosis","[{\"question\":\"What is the vestibular system and what happens when it is damaged?\",\"answer\":\"The vestibular system processes sensory information needed for balance and eye movements. 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