Chronic Bilateral Vestibulopathy

Bilateral vestibulopathy causes problems in hearing balance and motor coordination.

Chronic bilateral vestibulopathy. The imbalance is worse in the dark or in situations where footing is uncertain. Bilateral vestibulopathy results as the culmination of damage done to both inner ears. Bilateral vestibulopathy was recently defined by the barany society. Bilateral vestibulopathy is a chronic vestibular syndrome which is characterized by unsteadiness when walking or standing which worsen in darkness and or on uneven ground or during head motion.

Spinning vertigo is unusual. Bilateral vestibulopathy is a chronic vestibular syndrome which is characterized by postural imbalance and or unsteadiness of gait which worsen in darkness and or on uneven ground as well as in a minority of patients by head or body movement induced blurred vision or oscillopsia. Apart from this age is also a major risk factor for this disease. Unlike in unilateral loss of vestibular function where compensation is typical many patients with bilateral vestibulopathy experience chronic oscillopsia due to failure of the vestibulo ocular reflex and gait instability due to failure of vestibulo spinal reflexes.

Bilateral vestibulopathy occurs when the balance portions of both inner ears the symptoms typically include imbalance and visual disturbance.