Blue Ridge Hearing and Balance Clinic

Alan Desmond, Au.D.

Falls are the leading cause of injuries and injury deaths in the elderly population. Falls leading to hip fracture often result in premature institutionalization and death, as well as enormous health care costs. Approximately 40% of elderly American patients with hip fractures die within one year or are placed in long term care. Clearly, this is a staggering health care problem, which will increase dramatically as the elderly population increases. No one argues that we, as health care and medical professionals, should intervene. The questions are rather, “What to do?” and “Will it actually make a difference?” (more…)

Page 1 of an article published in the Quarterly Newsletter of the Vestibular Disorders Association, Winter 2005, Vol. 22, No. 1.

Electronystagmography (ENG) has been the cornerstone of vestibular testing for more than fifty years. Yet there is some confusion about the extent and limitations of the information that can be obtained from an ENG examination. (more…)