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Vestibular Researchers, Research Projects, and Physicians

• NEW LINK:   Journal of Vestibular Research

• NEW LINK:   Jenks Vestibular Research Laboratories - Balance and Vestibular Research

• NEW LINK:   University of Sydney Vestibular Research Laboratory

• NEW LINK:   Vestibular Eye Movement Research

• NEW LINK:   Western Systems Research, Inc. - Working Toward a Balanced Future

• Timothy C. Hain, MD
  Associate Professor of Neurology
  Otolaryngology, and Physical Therapy/Human Movement Science
  Northwestern University Medical School
  Chicago IL
  "Dr. Hain is locally known as the "Dizzy Doctor". Dr. Hain's clinical activities naturally revolve around evaluating and treating dizzy individuals. The rest of his time is spent on research projects aimed at improving the lot of dizzy patients (especially those with gentamicin toxicity or perilymph fistula), mathematical modeling of vocal and head motor control and medical education..."

• Vestibular Function Loss Study Seeks Participants
  "The Human Posture Laboratory seeks patients who have loss of unilateral or bilateral vestibular function for a study of balance function."

• Evaluation of postural balance of vestibular hypofunction patients to assess improvement due to rehabilitation
  "The goal of this project is to understand how rehabilitation helps Bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) patients improve their postural balance while standing."

• Peter J. Jannetta
  Professor of Neurosurgery
  Department of Neurosurgery
  Allegheny General Hospital
  Pittsburgh PA
  "Dr. Jannetta established one of the nation's preeminent neurosurgical programs, including a leading site for cranial nerve disorders and microvascular surgery. A prolific researcher, he has published more than 250 scientific articles, book chapters and abstracts in his field..."

• David S. Zee, MD
  Professor of Neurology with joint appointments in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology and Neuroscience
  "specializes in vertigo and dizziness and disorders of eye movements (including nystagmus and strabismus)and of balance (including ataxia). He combines clinical practice and teaching with both basic and clinical research. A major research interest is on learning and adaptation -- how does the brain (and especially the cerebellum)compensate for disease, and how can compensation be promoted..."

• Dennis P. O'Leary, Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology
  University of Southern California
  "Dr. O'Leary's research program focuses on the vestibular (balance) system of the inner ear as a physiological control system, analogous to a strapdown inertial guidance system on a rocket or ship..."

• Paul S. Guth, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Hahnemann Medical College, 1958.
  Neuropharmacology-pharmacology of audition, vestibular function, and other sensory processes.
  "Research interests: The young but burgeoning field of sensory pharmacology, especially that of the auditory and vestibular systems."

• Vestibular Research at the Division of Otolaryngology, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center
  Information about various research projects.

• Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Balance
  "An International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Vestibular Science"

• Dr. Donald Godfrey, Ph.D.
  Medical College of Ohio
  "In animal studies involving rats, Dr. Godfrey discovered that when the vestibular nerve was cut just outside the brain, glutamate levels dropped in the vestibular nuclear complex on that side of the brain. This created an imbalance of the chemical between the two vestibular complexes. The MCO researcher says it is possible that this chemical imbalance resulted in the bodily imbalance that the rats displayed."