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Vestibular Rehab Technology: Eye Movements and Infrared Video Googles with Helena Esmonde

Erica Season 2 Episode 7

Learn about vestibular rehab technology, infrared video goggles from Helena Esmonde, the co-founder of Vestibular First.  

Dr. Helena Esmonde, PT, DPT, NCS, is co-founder of Vestibular First, a company that makes affordable, FDA-cleared Insight Infrared Video Goggles as well as vestibular education tools. Helena has been treating patients with dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance for 15 years and passed the Emory Vestibular Competency Exam in 2015. She became certified to treat Cervicogenic Dizziness in 2016 and achieved Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist designation in 2018. Helena has taught continuing education courses on concussion, BPPV, balance assessment, and visual vertigo treatment, serves as a teaching assistant at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and regularly presents at the Balance Center rounds at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Medicine Mind Your Brain Conference. Vestibular First provides Helena the best opportunity for number one goal of helping others, with already well over a quarter million patients served by vestibular care via their technologies.
References:

Education - Vestibular First: List of articles demonstrate how infrared video goggles and related technologies have been used in the diagnosis and treatment of vestibular disorders.  

·   Huh YE, Kim JS. (2013). Bedside evaluation of dizzy patients. Journal of Clinical Neurology. 9 (4): 203-213. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840130/

https://dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/visual/visual_dependence.htm