Background ; There is no superior investigative or curative challenge in medicine than the perfect diagnosis and efficient management of the patient suffering from dizziness. Objective ; was to understand the types of the dizziness in Basrah city in order to improve clinical care and knowledge Method ;cross section study was done at Hearing and Balance Center in Basrah during the period from September 2016 to May 2017. Two hundred and seventy-four (274) consecutive patients with dizziness who referred to this center during this period were included in the study. Socio-demographic and clinical information were inquired about, using a special questionnaire designed for the purpose of the study. Otologic and audio-vestibular evaluation was done including otoscopy, tympanometry, (OAEs), (PTA), vHIT, Oculomotor tests, positional test, cVEMP, oVEMP and (ECochG). Results ; BPPV was the most common type among dizzy patients, with the Percentage of 34.7%. Males were 45.3 % male and female were 54.7 %. prevalence of Meniere's disease was 7.3 %, Also the prevalence of Vestibular Neuritis is 9.9 %, chronic fixed vestibular hypo function was 10.6 %. Conclusion ; dizziness is common problem in our society, females affected more than males, it is important to address the type of dizziness to treat it properly.
There is no superior investigative or curative challenge in medicine than the perfect diagnosis and efficient management of the patient suffering from dizziness [
vestibular problem in clinical sitting in Iraq is still unknown. The auditory and vestibular end organs are neighbors, kept within the same bony labyrinth of the temporal lobe disorder that affects one may affect the other. A number of conditions that cause hearing loss can also cause balance disorders of a vestibular nature so the audiological assessment is very important in evaluation patients with vestibular disorder. Although the two often occur collected, they can occur in separation [
Aim of the Study; was to understand the types of the dizziness in Basrah city in order to improve clinical care and knowledge.
This cross-sectional study was done at Hearing and Balance Center in Basrah during the period from September 2016 to May 2017. Two hundred and seventy-four (
Socio-demographic and clinical information were inquired about, using a special questionnaire designed for the purpose of the study. Otologic and audio-vestibular evaluation was done including otoscopy, tympanometry, (OAEs), (PTA), vHIT, Oculomotor tests, positional test, cVEMP, oVEMP and (ECochG) . Audiometry was done using the audiometer Ittera 2 device (manufactured by GN otometrics Madsen-Denmark, Serial Number 183422 with specifications arranged according to American National Standards Institute for measurements [
Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. Data were tabulated. Frequencies and proportions were calculated for categorical data.
Type of dizziness Male N (%) Female N (%)Total (N%)
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We concluded that dizziness is common problem in our society, females affected more than males, it is important to address the type of dizziness to treat it properly, in the present study, BPPV is the commonest type of dizziness, followed by unilateral fixed vestibulopathy, and vestibular neuritis, while considerable number of dizzy patient have non vestibular disorders.