title: The predominant forms of vertigo in children and their associated findings on balance function testing.
abstract: This article reports vestibular laboratory findings from the most common disorders known to cause dizziness and vertigo in children. Specific information regarding migraine, trauma, benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood, vestibular neuritis, and otitis media is reviewed, along with indications for balance function testing in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Audiology, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South - MCE Suite 9302, Nashville, TN 37232-8025, USA. devin.mccaslin@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Devin L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: McCaslin
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gruenwald
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; D002150:Caloric Tests; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004584:Electronystagmography; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D004856:Postural Balance; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D020338:Vestibular Neuronitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology