It was a real pleasure to present last week’s Inventis webinar, where Inventis encouraged me to step up and share my work on a global stage.
We had over 200 attendees from more than 50 countries—an incredible turnout that reflects the growing interest in advancing balance assessment and vestibular care worldwide.
The session focused on an important but often overlooked area: otolith organ testing via VEMP. Traditionally, clinical vestibular testing over last few decades has largely centred around semicircular canal function using calorics and VNG. While these remain valuable, they leave a significant diagnostic gap.
New research and objective tools are now changing the game.
Video Head Impulse Testing (vHIT) allows us to assess all six semicircular canals—lateral, anterior, and posterior—with precision, helping identify angular acceleration deficits that are frequently missed in routine testing. Alongside this, Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP) enable rapid, clinic-friendly assessment of otolith function within minutes.
Together, these technologies provide a far more complete picture of vestibular pathology—from Ménière’s disease to vestibular neuritis and beyond.
In the webinar, I explored the origins of different VEMP tests, how they are conducted, and how we integrate them into clinical practice to deliver a comprehensive balance service in a clinically effective way.
This is an exciting time for vestibular diagnostics, and integrating these tools into routine care is a significant step forward—not just for clinicians, but for patient outcomes.
Grateful to Inventis for the invitation. Looking forward to the next one.
Also read related article: Vestibular Migraine: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
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