ICU - "I See You" - Vestibular Conversations
In the ICU ("I See You") podcast hosts Cynthia Ryan and Kimberly Warner explore the vestibular experience by facilitating conversations between vestibular patients and the health professionals who care for them. They invite patients to share their stories, and healthcare professionals to ask questions so they are equipped to care for, and truly see their patients. This podcast is a co-production of the Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) and Unfixed Media.
Episodes
28 episodes
Pediatric Vestibular Disorders
Did you know that vestibular disorders affect children as well as adults? There are increasing reports of vestibular deficits in children. One study suggests that as many as 1 in 5 children in the United States have problems with dizziness or b...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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47:57
ICU Podcast: Brain Fog
In today’s episode of the ICU Podcast, we’re going to talk about brain fog. It kind of sounds like some sort of weather pattern. What is brain fog, and why do so many vestibular patients experience it? Some people describe it as forgetfulness, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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57:55
Visually Induced Dizziness
For many people who have a vestibular disorder, a trip to the grocery store can turn into a battle with dizziness. The bright lights, rows of shelves, patterns on the floor, and crowds of people can trigger symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, a...
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51:57
How Hearing Loss Impacts people with vestibular conditions
In this episode we’re going to talk about silence. The silence that happens when you lose your hearing. Whether it comes on all of a sudden or gradually, losing your hearing is a life changer. It starts when you have to ask your friends and fam...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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53:59
Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction
In this episode of the ICU Podcast we’re going to talk about what happens when we lose function in our inner ear completely, when the vestibular system on both your right and your left sides is not working. Bilateral vestibular loss, also calle...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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52:32
Managing Social Events With Dizziness and Imbalance
The year end holidays are probably the busiest time of year for social events. Family gatherings and work parties, special church services, and cocktail parties with friends. These are meant to be fun and festive, a time to eat, drink, and be m...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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53:11
What About Those Who Love and Help Care for Vestibular Patients?
Living with and supporting someone with a chronic illness can be challenging. First off, we'd like to give a big shout out to all the spouses, parents, friends, and other “care partners” out there who selflessly adapt their lives around the res...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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48:24
Latest Research and Treatment for Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS)
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome is a central vestibular disorder that typically arises following exposure to passive motion (i.e. boat, airplane, automobile, train, etc.). The characteristic symptom of MdDS is a constant sensation of rocking, sway...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:03:09
Traveling With A Dizziness or Imbalance Illness
Traveling with a vestibular illness can feel impossible and problematic. Obstacles like rapid altitude changes, visual disturbances, patterned airport carpets, and passive motion can amplify symptoms. Many people with vestibular dysfunction nee...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:00:04
Can Screens Trigger Vertigo and Dizziness?
Devices—can’t live with them, can’t live without them. When I was in the first two years of my vestibular disorder I remember longing to turn back the clock to the 1800’s. Televisions, computer screens, even my phone sent my nervous system reel...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:01:30
Dizziness and Vertigo Make You Anxious?
As you know, dealing with vestibular disorders can take a toll on a person’s mental well-being. Feelings of stress, sadness, and uncertainty about the future are common, and these emotional responses can manifest as anxiety. Anxiety and vestibu...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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56:00
Motherhood With Dizziness and Imbalance from Vestibular Disorders
Caring for oneself with a vestibular disorder is not easy—add infants, children and teens into the mix and the spectrum of experience can span from feeling downright impossible to uniquely rewarding. In honor of Mother’s Day this month an...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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47:02
Applying for Disability When You're Too Dizzy To Work
You never thought it would happen. You thought you would work until retirement or beyond, but then along came your vestibular disorder. Now, focusing on a computer screen is a challenge, you can’t drive, walking is a safety hazard, and your con...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:19
How does dizziness change with menopause?
Each person’s experience of the menopause transition is unique. Changes affect sleep, mood, mental acuity, and subsequently, you guessed it, our vestibular system. Reports of the effect women’s hormones play on their vestibular systems are comm...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:09
Vestibular Healthcare From Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants
Primary care practitioners are often the first healthcare professionals we seek when we feel dizzy, disoriented, or not quite right. Their role is to take a medical history and assess whether the person can be treated immediately with medicatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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43:57
Art Therapy for Vestibular Disorders
We’ve all messed around with art at some point in our lives and with perfectionists at bay, it can be playful, relaxing and revitalizing. But how often do we pick up a paintbrush because it can also be medicine? Personally, when I was in the de...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:05:49
Diet and Nutrition for Vestibular Patients
For many people with vestibular disorders, what they eat and drink can trigger dizziness, vertigo, nausea, and other symptoms. The good news is that certain dietary modifications can help you manage your symptoms. Figuring out what to eliminate...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:04:36
Vestibular Disorders Affect on Your Personal Relationships
In the newest episode of the ICU - "I See You" podcast, guests Jen Warner and Joy Mohr join the hosts to discuss how having a vestibular disorder affects personal relationships. It can be hard to relate to another person’s experience. This is e...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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59:59
Why Do You Feel Spacey? Dissociation and Vestibular Disorders
In the newest episode of the ICU - "I See You" podcast, guests Dr. Yonit Arthur and Melinda Reed join the hosts to dive into the unnerving vestibular symptom often referred to as Dissociation, Depersonalization and Derealization. These experien...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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57:58
Complementary & Alternative Medicine for Vestibular Disorders
In this episode of the ICU - "I See You" podcast, hosts and guests discuss complementary and alternative approaches to supporting your wellness as a person with vestibular dysfunction. If you’re like most people, when you aren’t feeling well yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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52:45
The Role of Medication in Treating Vestibular Disorders
Vestibular disorders come with horrible symptoms, including vertigo, dizziness, nausea, and brain fog, to mention a few. It’s no wonder we all want a “miracle pill." Unfortunately, no one treatment works for every person.In this episode...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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55:28
The Importance of Peer Support
A support group provides a unique and critical service: acceptance. This forum allows individuals to ask questions and to learn in a non-judgmental and safe environment. Participants know that everyone attending the meeting understands and has ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:17
Tinnitus: The Ringing in Your Ears
Most people have probably heard a high-pitched whining noise in their ears at least once. It comes and then it goes, but it’s temporary. However, for some people, that ringing, hissing, whistling, buzzing, or clicking sound is constant. That no...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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51:42
Movement and Exercise for Vestibular Disorders
Movement and exercise are two words that can be really triggering for people with chronic illnesses. You may have heard someone say to you “just exercise, you’ll feel better,” but when we take that advice from our doctors the opposite effect mi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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52:08
Vestibular Rehabilitation: What Works, What Doesn’t
Vestibular rehabilitation therapy, or VRT, is a specialized form of exercise-based therapy designed to alleviate both primary and secondary symptoms of vestibular disorders. VRT uses specific head, body, and eye exercises designed to retrain th...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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48:16