Validation of the Polish version of the .

Background: The (DHI) was established to assess the impact of dizziness and balance problems on the quality of life. The aim of the study was to validate the Polish version of DHI for patients with vestibular disorders.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and thirty patients diagnosed with vestibular impairment and/or positional vertigo were included in the study.

[Functional assessment of patients with vertigo and dizziness in occupational medicine].

Background: Balance assessment relies on symptoms, clinical examination and functional assessment and their verification in objective tests. Our study was aimed at calculating the assessment compatibility between questionnaires, functional scales and objective vestibular and balance examinations.

Material And Methods: A group of 131 patients (including 101 women; mean age: 59±14 years) of the audiology outpatient clinic was examined.

Bedside examination for vestibular screening in occupational medicine.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of bedside examination for screening of vestibular and balance system for occupational medicine purposes. Study group comprised 165 patients referred to Audiology and Phoniatric Clinic due to vestibular and/or balance problems. Caloric canal paresis of 19% was the cut off value to divide patients into 43 caloric-positive vestibular subjects and 122 caloric-negative patients.