Authors

Prof.Dr.med. Claus F. Claussen (Bad Kissingen, Germany)
Diana Shkodrova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Eng. Gabor Bencze (Budapest, Hungary)
Dr. med. S. Luetchford (Milan, Italy)
Dr. med. Beata Bencsik (Budapest, Hungary)
Dr. med. Györgyi Nagy (Pécs, Hungary)
Dr. med Ionut Hantascu (, Hungary)

Proceedings

XXXV Congress of the NES - Bad Kissingen - Germany

Topics

Sensology
Hearing
Diseases
Sensology
Hearing
Neurootology
Sensology

Keywords

Cervical diseases, Neurootology, Tinnitus, Whiplash Injury.

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Abstract

Tinnitus due to irritations of the cervical spines

and the neck

High incidence rates of functional neurootological disorders containing vertigo and tinnitus are found in the group of head-neck-trauma patients . This also is important in cases of musculo-skeletal dysfunctions like neck dystonus and cervical diseases. These groups are seen to form subgroups in which the patient’s neurootological status is differently exhibiting failures in the vestibular together with the acoustic tests  .

This chapter of modern medicine is very important due to the after effects of head and neck trauma. The head together with the neck forms a short stump pendulum, which already at crash velocities of 8 km/h and higher leeds to hefty and unexpected hyperflections and/or hyperextensions of the head, even in those passengers of the vehicle, who are secured by belts.

As most of the longlasting symptoms after whiplash injuries of the type of the late whiplash injury syndrome belong into the field of neurootology, like vertigo, nausea, dystaxia, tinnitus, hearing loss, taste and smell diseases.

The findings are presented with respect to case reports as well as with statistics.