UCL Ear Institute: Assessment & Management of Balance Disorders in Children (London)
for all clinicians with an interest in the assessment and management of children with dizziness
The course is designed for all those clinicians who have a basic knowledge of vestibular assessment and rehabilitation as applied to adults but are looking to build on this foundation and develop their interest and skills in the assessment and management of children with dizziness.
The course covers a wide range of topics including:
- Functional anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
- Development of normal balance function in children and common motor milestones
- Common peripheral and central causes of dizziness in children
- Patient and Parent Centred Interview
- Non-vestibular causes of dizziness
- Role and value of non-audiological tests
- Genetics of Vestibular Disorders
- Medical Management of the dizzy child
- Clinical test of vestibular function
- Physiotherapist assessment of the dizzy child
- The frequency response of the vestibular system - which part of the vestibular system are we testing?
- Modification of objective balance assessments when testing children and case studies
- VEMPs and VHIT in children
- Vestibular rehabilitation in children