Services–Solutions To Dizziness or Imbalance

Sometimes dizziness comes from problems within the brain. Brain disorders include tumors, migraine, multiple sclerosis, and various kinds of infections and degenerative diseases. Dizziness can be caused by partial or total blockage of the arteries that supply blood to the brain. It can also be caused by general health problems, such as thyroid deficiency, vitamin deficiency, diabetes, anemia, and immune system diseases.

Some of these disorders are serious and some are not so serious. Fortunately serious disorders are rare and not-so-serious disorders are common. Strange as it may seem, severe dizziness doesn’t necessarily indicate a serious disorder. Some serious disorders cause mild dizziness or imbalance and some not-so-serious disorders cause severe dizziness or imbalance.

You should see a medical specialist (an Audiologist specialized in dizziness/imbalance disorders), about your dizziness or imbalance, even if it seems to be getting better. The Audiologist can often find out what’s wrong even if you’re not actually dizzy at the time of your visit.

What happens when I see the Audiologist at EarTech?

The Audiologist will ask lots of questions. What does your dizziness feel like? When did it start? How bad does it get? Is it constant or does it come in attacks? What seems to bring it on? What makes it better? What makes it worse? What other symptoms go along with it?

If you are seeing them for the first time, you will also be asked about other current or past health problems, about health problems in your immediate family, and about your lifestyle.

What can we do about your dizziness?

Some disorders that cause dizziness don’t require any treatment. They go away by themselves. Sad to say, some disorders won’t go away by themselves.

Fortunately most disorders can be treated. If dizziness turns out to be a side effect of medication, adjusting the dosage or substituting another medication usually solves the problem. One of the most common disorders—benign paroxysmal positional vertigo—can be treated simply by turning the head a certain way so that tiny crystals in the inner ear move out of the place where they cause dizziness and back to where they belong. Many disorders can be treated with medication, surgery, diet, a change in lifestyle, or some combination of these.

If it is a more serious disorder we will have you go through additional tests and treatments as needed. Whatever the cause of the dizziness, the key to its solution most often lies in a timely, accurate diagnosis made possible by advanced diagnostic instrumentation; followed by careful adherence to your Hearing and Balance Specialist’s treatment plan.

For additional information or questions you can contact us at 801-399-9955. EarTech is the leading specialists in Hearing and Balance Disorders for the Wasatch Front.