title: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo after use of noise-canceling headphones.
abstract: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of vertigo. We describe a case of a woman presenting acutely with a severe episode of disabling positional vertigo. Although she had no known etiologic risk factors, this attack followed 12 hours of continuously wearing digital noise-canceling headphones. This is the first such reported association between BPPV and the use of this gadget. We also provide a short review of BPPV and speculate on the possible pathogenic mechanisms involved.
authors: Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, London, UK. edg232@aol.com
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Dan-Goor
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Samra
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D011187:Posture; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology