Summary

To understand why some people suffer from vertigo and other dizziness complaints, we study the working mechanisms of the vestibular organ, as well as the effects of drugs on vestibular function and clinical testing methods to properly diagnose and treat dizzy patients. 

Publications

  • The Antwerp Vestibular Compensation Index (AVeCI): an index for vestibular compensation estimation, based on functional balance performance. (2020)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00405-020-06192-4

  • Comparison of Different Electrode Configurations for the oVEMP With Bone-Conducted Vibration. (2017)

https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/Fulltext/2017/03000/Comparison_of_Different_Electrode_Configurations.9.aspx

  • Intranasal scopolamine affects the semicircular canals centrally and peripherially. (2015)
  • Baclofen affects the semicircular canals but not the otoliths in humans. (2013)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/00016489.2013.782615?journalCode=ioto20&

  • Pharmaceutical countermeasures have opposite effects on the utricles and semicircular canals in man. (2012)

https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/337273

  • No effects of anti-motion sickness drugs on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials outcome parameters. (2011)

https://journals.lww.com/otology-neurotology/Abstract/2011/04000/No_Effects_of_Anti_Motion_Sickness_Drugs_on.24.aspx

  • A new model for utricular function testing using a sinusoidal translation profile during unilateral centrifugation. (2010)

https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/289577

  • Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials: test-retest reliability and normative values obtained with a feedback method for the sternocleidomastoid muscle contraction. (2008)