Positional Nomenclature Using Repositioning Chair
09-12, 09:30–09:45 (Europe/Istanbul), Equilibirium 3 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/16)

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•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

To stadrardize the terms of the patient position used in the repositioning chair

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Burak Ömür Çakır
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Haider W. Alsarhan
Haider W. Alsarhan

The Vice-president of IbnSina university for medical and pharmaceutical sciences

The director of Audiovestibular postgraduate study in Iraq

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Burak Ömür Çakır

Prof. Burak Ömür Çakır, MD is a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery. He graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1996. He received his specialization in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in 2000 in Istanbul Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital. He became an Associate Professor in 2007 and a Professor in 2015. Between 2015 and 2021, Prof. Burak Ömür Çakır served as the founding Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Beykent University. He currently heads the Audiology Department at Istanbul Aydın University.

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