Adrian Priesol, MD, is a board-certified otoneurologist who specializes in managing patients with dizziness and balance disorders. He is the Medical Director of Auditory Evoked Response Testing at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and is an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Priesol has published numerous papers on vestibular disorders. He has also authored an online monogram on the evaluation of balance disorders that was published by the British Medical Journal Best Practices and provides guidance to doctors around the world.
Vertigo, that head-spinning, disorienting sensation that affects an estimated one in five people around the world at some point in their lives, is an often-misunderstood...