Virtual reality versus optokinetic stimulation in visual vertigo rehabilitation.

Background: Visual vertigo (VV) is a condition at which there is worsening or triggering of vestibular symptoms in certain visual environments with large size (full field) repetitive or moving visual patterns as shopping malls.

Purpose: This work was designed to study effect of virtual reality and optokinetic stimulation on rehabilitation of VV.

Method: A total of 60 subjects divided into 2 groups that were simply randomized by the concealed envelope method: Group I consisted of 30 VV patients underwent vestibular rehabilitation using virtual reality.

Auditory brain stem response and cortical evoked potentials in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Conclusions: Delay in ABR and CAEPs wave latencies in children with type 1DM indicates that there is abnormality in the neural conduction in DM patients. The duration of DM has greater effect on auditory function than the control of DM.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine and metabolic disorder.