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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Vestib Res. 2008;18(5-6):295.

Table 1.

Breakdown of patient diagnoses

Diagnosis Percent of sample
Peripheral vestibular disease
 Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo 46.7
 Chronic vestibulopathy 19.7
 Recurrent vestibulopathy 4.1
 Vestibular neuronitis 3.7
 Other peripheral vestibular impairment 3.4
 Post-surgical vertigo after neurotologic surgery 2.1
 Meniere’s disease 2.0
 Acoustic neuroma 1.5
 Bilateral vestibular impairment 1.5
 Labyrinthine concussion 0.9
Central vestibular impairment
 Presbystasis (Disequilibrium of Aging) 3.7
 Other central disorders affecting vestibular pathways 3.2
 Post-concussion syndrome 0.5
 Multiple sclerosis 0.3
Mixed peripheral and central disorders 1.1
Unknown vestibular impairment 5.7