Vestibulary rehabilitation - election treatment method for compensating vestibular impairment

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 651-656

  Georgescu, Mǎdǎlina ^a,b   Stoian, Sorina ^a   Mogoantǎ, Carmen Aurelia ^c   Ciubotaru, Gh V ^d  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b 'Prof Dr Dorin Hociot ' Institute for Phono Audiology and Functional ENT Surgery   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^d Clinic Hospital Bagdasar Arseni Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acute unilateral vestibular loss; Vestibular rehabilitation; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867019250     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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