•Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo is the most common balance issue; diagnosis depends on identifying the head position that will provoke the specific nystagmus pattern and the sense of vertigo; the standard positions of the patient on the couch cannot be used when using the newly invented repositioning chairs used for diagnosis and treatment of that disease; Accordingly as the repositioning chairs are manufactured by different companies and used increasingly world wide, a new terms are needed to describe the position of the patient head during diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers

A symposium will cover all aspects related to BPPV

from history taking up to most recent methods of treatment and prevention of recurrences

objectives : to draw a road map of management of cases of BPPV

outcome : the participants will get full knowledge of how to confirm the diagnosis and the best scenario for treatment and prevention of the recurrence