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The state of vestibular neurology: Diagnostic challenges and emerging opportunities

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Vestibular neurology has undergone substantial evolution over the past two decades, driven by advances in bedside diagnostics, neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, and therapeutics. Despite this progress, dizziness and vertigo remain among the most common yet diagnostically challenging neurological complaints....

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Discussion

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Clinical Takeaway

No actionable change from this review alone; it provides a useful orientation to evolving diagnostic tools (e.g., video head impulse test, MRI advances) and computational approaches, but does not present new trial evidence requiring immediate practice adjustment.

Why It Matters

Vestibular disorders are frequently underdiagnosed and mismanaged; a synthesis of two decades of diagnostic advances helps position audiologists and neurologists to adopt emerging tools and collaborative care models more rapidly.

Key Points
  1. 01Narrative review spanning 20 years of vestibular neurology evolution in Science Progress.
  2. 02Covers advances in bedside diagnostics, neuroimaging, and computational neuroscience.
  3. 03Highlights persistent diagnostic challenges in differentiating vestibular pathologies.
  4. 04Identifies emerging clinical opportunities from technology-driven diagnostic innovation.
  5. 05Relevant to audiologists involved in vestibular assessment and balance rehabilitation.
Claims & Evidence

Advances in bedside diagnostics, neuroimaging, and computational neuroscience have improved the identification and management of vestibular disorders over the past two decades.

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Research metadata
PMID
42690097
DOI
10.1177/00368504261484700.
Journal
Science Progress
Publication type
review
Evidence level
5
Population
Patients with vestibular disorders (synthesised across reviewed literature)
Intervention
Bedside diagnostics, neuroimaging, and computational neuroscience approaches in vestibular neurology

Primary outcomes

Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of emerging vestibular assessment tools

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