By Marcello Cherchi, MD PhD
Websites
The Dizziness-and-balance website maintained by Dr. Timothy Hain is a virtual online textbook of otoneurology and vestibular medicine, with a wealth of information for patients, clinicians and researchers.
The Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection maintained by Dr. Robert Daroff is collection of oculomotor videos from a broad range of neurologic disorders.
A collaborative effort between the University of Utah, the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), and the University of Utah, maintains the Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library (NOVEL) at https://novel.utah.edu. This site contains a very broad range of eye movement videos.
Dr. Raymond van de Berg and colleagues are in the process of organizing a “Curriculum for Vestibular Medicine (VestMed)” under the auspices of the Bárány Society. The general outline of VestMed is available, and should be populated with content over the next several years.
Books: Vestibular neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
Dr. John Leigh and Dr. David Zee are the authors of what is widely regarded as an authoritative reference work on the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of eye movements.
Leigh RJ, Zee DS (2015), The Neurology of Eye Movements, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Dr. Robert Baloh and colleagues Dr. Vincent Honrubia and Dr. Kevin Kerber wrote a solid introduction to vestibular neurophysiology.
Baloh RW, Kerber KA (2011), Clinical neurophysiology of the vestibular system, New York, Oxford University Press.
Books: Vestibular testing
Dr. Gary Jacobson, Dr. Neil Shepard, Dr. Kamran Barin, Dr. Robert Burkard and Dr. Kristen Janky have edited a volume regarding vestibular testing.
Jacobson GP, Shepard NT, Barin K, Burkard RF, Janky K (2021), Balance function assessment and management, 3rd ed. Plural Publishing Incorporated, San Diego, California.
Books: For clinicians
Dr. Robert Baloh wrote a concise and very accessible clinical reference work regarding the most common neuro-otologic disorders.
Baloh RW (1998), Dizziness, hearing loss, and tinnitus, Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Co.
Dr. Thomas Brandt, Dr. Marianne Dieterich and Dr. Michael Strupp have written an accessible guidebook appropriate for clinicians.
Brandt T, Dieterich M, Strupp M (2005), Vertigo and Dizziness: Common Complaints, Springer, London.
Dr. Adolfo Bronstein and Dr. Thomas Lempert edited an excellent volume for clinicians:
Bronstin A, Lempert T (2017), Dizziness: a practical approach to diagnosis and management, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press.
Dr. Adolfo Bronstein edited an excellent overview accessible to clinicians.
Bronstein AM (2013), Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance, Oxford University Press.
Dr. Scott Eggers and Dr. David Zee compiled the following exceptional reference work, valuable to clinicians and researchers:
Eggers SD, Zee DS (eds.) (2010), Vertigo and Imbalance: Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System (volume 9 in the Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology), 1st ed., Elsevier.
Books: Didactics
Dr. Daniel Gold has assembled a clinical guide to eye movement disorders.
Gold D (2021), Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-Otology: A Case-Based Guide for Clinicians and Scientists, Switzerland, Springer.
