Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders

This thoroughly updated second edition of Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders remains a vital resource for clinicians and students specializing in pediatric vestibular and balance disorders. The text is organized for effective use in the clinic, classroom, bedside, or laboratory, and is separated into four parts: Basic Mechanisms, Clinical Evaluation, Pediatric Vestibular Disorders, and Treatment. Each chapter ends with Self-Assessment Questions to aid in reader comprehension and address important chapter topics.Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders features contributions from 45 experts across the fields of otolaryngology, audiology, neurology, and physical therapy, and represents the distillation of years of cumulative clinical and research experience.New to the Second EditionNew Co-Editor, Jacob R. Brodsky, MD, FACS, FAAPFive new chapters with the latest research and findings on various testing and topics in pediatric balance disorders Chapter 7. Video Head Impulse Testing (vHIT)Chapter 12. New Horizons for the Evaluation of Functional Balance, Self-Motion Perception, Navigation, and MobilityChapter 13. Genetics and Metabolism in Pediatric Vestibular DisordersChapter 15. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)Chapter 24. Vertigo, Dizziness and Mental HealthFully rewritten chapters on migraine and concussionUpdated references and self-assessment questions throughoutAccess to a PluralPlus companion website with videos and figures This video demonstrates the Midline Head Hang Maneuver and can be found in Chapter 15 on the companion website accompanying this book.