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What Do You Know About Balance Disorders?

Although millions of Americans have balance disorders, they can be difficult to diagnose. That's because dizziness--a common symptom of these disorders--is such a broad term.

1. Which of these parts of the body plays a key role in balance?
2. What do the semicircular canals, located within the labyrinth, tell us?
3. What do our eyes monitor with respect to our position and balance?
4. Which is a symptom of a balance disorder?
5. Which is a cause of a balance disorder?
6. What is Meniere's disease?
7. Which of these can cause motion sickness, a kind of balance disorder?
8. Which is a treatment for balance disorders?
9. If you have a balance disorder, what can be done to minimize symptoms
Publication Source: Created for Wellness Library/January 2004
Author: Sinovic, Dianna
Online Source: Vestibular Disorders Associationhttp://vestibular.org/understanding-vestibular-disorder
Online Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disordershttp://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/pages/balance_disorders.aspx
Online Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disordershttp://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/pages/meniere.aspx
Online Editor: Sinovic, Dianna
Online Medical Reviewer: Fraser, Marianne, MSN, RN
Online Medical Reviewer: Sohrabi, Farrokh, MD
Date Last Reviewed: 6/16/2012
Date Last Modified: 4/27/2010
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