Incidence of vertigo and disorders of balance has reached 40% in domestic,
which listed at the third place in common symptoms of outpatient service, 81%
elders described vertigo symptom when see the doctor, almost 30% elders fell for
this.
The fifth national symposium on vertigo and balance disorders was held in
Tianjing, the meeting was held by Tianjin First Central Hospital and Department
of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Chinese Medical Association. The
experts, professors and clinical first-line doctors of ENT & HN Surgery
Department, neurology, traditional Chinese medical science, orthopedics from
America, British, Sweden and Taiwan presented this meeting, they exchanged
relative study result and clinical application of vertigo and disorders of
balance, vestibular balance system pathophysiology, vestibular balance function
assessment technique at home and abroad, which aims to promote progress of
china’s diagnosis and rehabilitation techniques of vertigo and balance
disorders.