Hearing, Balance, and Mortality: Sex-Specific Patterns in a Longitudinal Study.

Objectives: Assess the association of hearing on sex-specific overall mortality and death from acute cardiovascular disease and evaluate if these effects are modulated by postural balance.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Otolaryngology department at an academic hospital.

Psychometric Properties and Concurrent Validity of a 10-Item Questionnaire for Patients With Vestibular Disorders.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties and concurrent validity of the Haukeland Dizziness Questionnaire (HDQ-10), a 10-item questionnaire designed for simplified assessment of symptom severity and emotional effects in patients with vestibular disorders.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Secondary referral hospital.

Patients admitted to hospital for vestibular neuritis in 2011-2021.

Background: The incidence of vestibular neuritis in Norway is unknown. The disorder causes acute dizziness, which is a common reason for hospital admission. The objective of this study was to analyse the number of patients admitted to Norwegian hospitals for vestibular neuritis over an eleven-year period.

Upfront Radiosurgery vs a Wait-and-Scan Approach for Small- or Medium-Sized Vestibular Schwannoma: The V-REX Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Current guidelines for treating small- to medium-sized vestibular schwannoma recommend either upfront radiosurgery or waiting to treat until tumor growth has been detected radiographically.

Objective: To determine whether upfront radiosurgery provides superior tumor volume reduction to a wait-and-scan approach for small- to medium-sized vestibular schwannoma.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Randomized clinical trial of 100 patients with a newly diagnosed (<6 months) unilateral vestibular schwannoma and a maximal tumor diameter of less than 2 cm in the cerebellopontine angle as measured on magnetic resonance imaging.

Vestibular Tests Related to Tumor Volume in 137 Patients With Small to Medium-Sized Vestibular Schwannoma.

Objective: The video head impulse test (vHIT) and cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP and oVEMP) are new methods for measuring peripheral vestibular function. The objectives of this study were to compare these tests and the traditionally used caloric test in patients with small and medium-sized untreated vestibular schwannoma (VS) and to measure the correlation between the tests' results and tumor volume.

Study Design: National cross-sectional study.

Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To determine if Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is associated with increased burden of dizziness and quality of life. Secondly, if this association is present, to determine if it can be explained by differences in anxiety and/or depression between patients with PPPD and dizzy patients without PPPD.

Methods: Cross-sectional study performed in an outpatient otolaryngology clinic, including patients 18-67 years referred from primary care for suspected vestibular disease with chronic dizziness.

Musculoskeletal pain patterns and association between dizziness symptoms and pain in patients with long term dizziness - a cross-sectional study.

Background: The impact of long-term dizziness is considerable both on the personal level and in society and may lead to self-imposed restrictions in daily activities and social relations due to fear of triggering the symptoms. Musculoskeletal complaints seem to be common in persons with dizziness, but studies addressing these complaints as a widespread occurrence, are scarce. This study aimed to examine the occurrence of widespread pain in patients with long-term dizziness and investigate the associations between pain and dizziness symptoms.

Hearing threshold and physical performance in older people: a cross-sectional study from the HUNT4 cohort.

Purpose: To evaluate the association between increased hearing loss and reduced physical performance in older people.

Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study using data from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Survey (HUNT4) in Norway. Data were obtained from the subproject HUNT4 Hearing which collected audiometric data of people > 70 years (N = 13,197).

The Romberg sign, unilateral vestibulopathy, cerebrovascular risk factors, and long-term mortality in dizzy patients.

Objectives: Describe the relationship between unsteadiness, canal paresis, cerebrovascular risk factors, and long-term mortality in patients examined for dizziness of suspected vestibular origin.

Study Design: Observational cohort with prospective collection of survival data.

Setting: University clinic neurotological unit.

Prevalence and distribution of musculoskeletal pain in patients with dizziness-A systematic review.

Background And Purpose: Musculoskeletal disorders are among the leading causes of disability globally, but their role in patients with dizziness and imbalance is not well understood or explored. Such knowledge may be important as musculoskeletal pain and dizziness can mutually influence each other, leading to a complex condition requiring more comprehensive approaches to promote successful recovery. We conducted a systematic review to examine the extent and characteristic of reported musculoskeletal pain in patients with dizziness.

Prevalence and consequences of concurrent dizziness on disability and quality of life in patients with long-lasting neck pain.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of concurrent dizziness in patients seeking treatment for neck pain at a secondary care clinic and examine how dizziness associates with physical function, disability, quality of life, and duration of neck pain.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study where patients referred for neck pain ( = 133) were recruited from an outpatient spine clinic and divided into: patients with and without dizziness. All patients were examined with posturography, global body examination-flexibility and cervical range of motion, and completed the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and RAND-12 health survey.

The Dizziness Handicap Inventory and sickness absence: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the association between the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and sickness absence from work in patients with dizziness.

Material And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at an otolaryngology clinic with 238 patients referred for a suspected vestibular disorder during a 1-year period. The association between sickness absence over the last 30 days and DHI was examined with binary and ordinal logistic regression.

Dizziness and physical health are associated with pain in dizzy patients-A cross-sectional study.

Background And Purpose: Associations between dizziness, health-related quality of life, and musculoskeletal pain have not been systematically explored in patients with vestibular disorders. Such knowledge may be important for choice of treatments. The study objectives were to examine the extent and localization of musculoskeletal pain and explore whether pain was associated with dizziness and health-related quality of life.

The Risk of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo After Head Trauma.

Objectives: Head trauma may cause dislodgement of otoconia and development of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). The risk of developing BPPV is expected to be highest shortly after the trauma, then decrease and approach the risk seen in the general population. The aim of this study was to estimate the risk-time curve of BPPV development after head trauma.

Comparing the impact of upfront radiosurgery versus expectation in vestibular schwannoma (the V-REX study): protocol for a randomised, observer-blinded, 4-year, parallel-group, single-centre, superiority study.

Introduction: The optimal management of small-sized to medium-sized vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a matter of controversy. Clinical results of the prevailing treatment modalities (microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and conservative management (CM)) are documented, but comparative studies are few, and none are randomised or blinded. Upfront radiosurgery, or a careful follow-up by MRI with subsequent treatment on growth, are two strategies used at many centres.

Long-Term Survival in 1,931 Patients With Dizziness: Disease- and Symptom-Specific Mortality.

Objective: To evaluate mortality among patients referred for suspected vestibular disorder and to examine whether specific symptoms or disorders predict long-term survival among patients with dizziness or vertigo.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed long-term survival data.

Postural Sway Predicts Growth in Untreated Vestibular Schwannoma: A Retrospective Volumetric Study.

Background: One in three vestibular schwannomas (VS) will grow within 3 years after diagnosis, but no reliable baseline parameter has been found to predict such growth.

Objective: To determine if postural sway is associated with growth of untreated VS.

Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed sporadic VS assigned to a wait-and-scan protocol were identified from a prospectively maintained database.

Treatment of horizontal canal BPPV-a randomized sham-controlled trial comparing two therapeutic maneuvers of different speeds.

Objectives: To compare the effect of a high-speed barbecue maneuver with the modified Lempert maneuver and sham in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) of the horizontal canal.

Methods: Randomized sham-controlled, single blinded multicenter clinical trial in two university hospitals investigating consecutive patients with horizontal canal BPPV.Patients were randomly assigned to high-speed barbecue (HSB), modified Lempert maneuver (ML), or sham maneuver (SM).

Critical upper airway obstruction as the first symptom of acute myeloid leukemia - an anesthesiologic reminder.

Acute upper airway obstruction can be fatal. Early recognition of airway distress followed by diagnostic laryngoscopy and prompt intervention to secure airway control is crucial. We here present a 62-year old male patient who presented with cough and increasing respiratory distress for three weeks.

Evaluation of Self-reported Symptoms in 1,457 Dizzy Patients and Associations With Caloric Testing and Posturography.

Objective: To determine if symptoms regarding timing and triggers of dizziness are useful for categorizing patients with dizziness, and to evaluate how patient-reported symptoms predict vestibular asymmetry, postural sway, and vestibular diagnoses.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Neck pain associated with clinical symptoms in dizzy patients-A cross-sectional study.

Objective: Many patients suffer from concurrent neck pain and dizziness. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical symptoms and physical findings in patients with concurrent neck pain and dizziness and to examine whether they differ from patients with dizziness alone.

Methods: Consecutive patients with dizziness and neck pain were recruited from an ear-nose-throat department and a spine clinic.