Latest News and Event recordings
WHAT’S NEW? Please send your thoughts and suggestions to p.radomskij@ucl.ac.uk
– BIG on social media – BIG now has a Facebook Forum for discussion and sharing ideas on balance disorders. To join you need to be a member of the BSA. In the first instance please contact BSA admin to confirm your membership at bsa@thebsa.org.uk and they will let you know how to join. We also have an absolutely brand new Twitter account. Please follow the BSA BIG Forum on Twitter @BSA_BIG
– The next BIG Biennial Conference will be on Friday 16th September – more details to follow. Please send abstracts for proposed presentations, posters or workshops to katy.morgan@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
– The BIG Session at the BSA Annual Conference 2016
Weds 27th April: Psychology of balance disorders |
10.30 Chair’s introduction, Katy Morgan, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |
10.35 No longer chronic subjective dizziness: New insights into the mechanisms of persistent vestibular symptoms, Dr Jeffrey Staab, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota |
11.05 Mindfulness for vestibular patients, Joanna Remenyi, Seeking Balance Australia, Melbourne (SKYPE) |
11.20 Living with Ménière’s disease: Understanding patient experiences of mental health and wellbeing, Dr Sarah Bell, University of Exeter Medical School |
11.35 The role of acceptance in adjustment to Menieres disease, Dr Sarah Kirby, University of Southampton |
11.55 Anxiety and Balance, Dr David Scott, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London |
12.10 Question session |
– Latest – Eye Movement Assessment Procedure now complete! The approved recommended procedure is now on the website
– The international headache society has recognized vestibular migraine (2013) http://www.ihs-classification.org/_downloads/mixed/International-Headache-Classification-III-ICHD-III-2013-Beta.pdf
– Balance Interest Group Biennial Conference – 7/11/14 Recordings of presentations. Accessible to attendees only (password protected). Contact debbie.cane@royalberkshire.nhs.uk for password. CLICK HERE