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Relax ... I've been doing balance testing for 16 years

Posted by Tom Boismier

In Reply to: Vestibular testing for Tinnitus posted by Jozafeen


"Jozafeen" wrote:

> Anyhow - tomorrow I go for more tests and I'm really petrified at the
> prospect of hot and cold water being put in my bad ear and, obviously,

Relax ... I've been doing balance testing for 16 years (and had it done on
myself dozens of times, twice during attacks of vertigo ...), and in my
experience most people have absolutely no problem during vestibular testing,
UNLESS they get themselves wound up tight with anxiety.

If anything, the 'bad' ear usually produces LESS symptoms with the water
test than the 'good' ear (it's a sign that the sick ear has lost balance
sensitivity). It's very likely that you will not get the rotary chair test,
most places don't have it.

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Thomas E. Boismier, MPH
Director of the Balance Care Center
a division of Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, P.C.
10021 Dupont Circle Court
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46825
http://www.entfortwayne.com/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~boismier/

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