title: [Guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation assisted by audiovisual media].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe the creation and validation process of a new audiovisual support model for the design of guided home-based vestibular rehabilitation programs (GHVR), we introduce a prospective experimental study.
  
  
  METHODS
  89 patients who underwent vestibular rehabilitation (VR) were evaluated throughout 2009. For the model design, we built a video library with VR exercises that can be combined using DVD creation software to tailor VR protocols. Treatment incidents, adherence, need to convert to a posturography-based program and variations in the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) score and dynamic visual acuity (DVA) were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A good response was found, not only with respect to adherence (5.6% abandonment), but also in the clinical parameters, with a mean DHI score variation of 33.14 points, and a decrease in lines lost in the DVA test from 4.24 to 1.52 lines at the end of the treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study results show the possibility of building an audiovisual aid for creating GHVR programs.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Otoneurología, Servicio de ORL, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, España. gtrinidad@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trinidad Ruiz
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Domínguez Pedroso
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cruz de la Piedad
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solís Vázquez
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Samaniego Regalado
authors.forename: Eladio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rejas Ugena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055815:Young Adult