Event. Vestibular Diagnostics: Fundamentals course

Dates: Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th June 2025

This workshop is a 3-day, in-person course. Attendees will learn how to use a variety of diagnostic tools to evaluate and physiologically assess the peripheral vestibular sensory system. The course content covers diagnostic vestibular assessments, and techniques to evaluate eye movement and the oculomotor pathways.

The content will be delivered through lecture-based learning, combined with hands on practical application using the latest diagnostic assessments. Participants will also learn through case based discussions how to bring together the clinical assessments when reporting on findings of identified physiological impairment.

A vestibular diagnostics advanced course is scheduled for November 2025. Please look at the learning objectives for this course also to make sure the course you choose is suitable for your knowledge level.

Target participants: Otolaryngologists, audiologists, neurologists, and any other healthcare professional who is working in the field and wants to build on their knowledge or enhance a vestibular assessment and balance diagnostics clinic.

Prerequisite knowledge: Clinicians with a knowledge of vestibular diagnostics and the assessment of patients with vestibular dysfunction, and associate balance impairments. Please note there is a vestibular diagnostics advanced course which will be scheduled for November 2025, which may be more suitable for clinicians who have more experience in clinical assessment of vestibular assessment.

Presenters: Leigh Martin, Michael East, Darren Whelan

Intended Learning Outcomes

To deliver the foundation of knowledge needed to conduct the assessment of the dizzy patient. Through theory and hands on workshops the performance of vestibular assessments will be applied to clinical practice On completion participants will understand common vestibular disorders, their descriptions, and understand the technologies to locate, identify, and recognise vestibular dysfunction.

Cost Price: 1000 EUR + 250 EUR VAT (VAT refundable)
Includes: 3-day workshop
Hotel room 3 nights
Breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks during workshop
1 Dinner
Transportation to/from the hotel and office
- Flights are at your own expense

Speakers:

Leigh Martin

Leigh is a British Audiologist and adjunct lecturer at the University of Cork, Ireland. Clinically, he has worked in the National Health Service specializing in paediatric audiology as well as vestibular diagnostics and rehabilitation. Leigh has also sat on the board of directors for the British Academy of Audiology. Since 2013, Leigh has supported the growth and development of the Interacoustics Academy and holds the position of Director of the Academy. Leigh has presented at numerous scientific conferences and meetings across a diverse range of audiological topics as well as having published papers in both video head impulse testing (vHIT) and wideband tympanometry.

Michael East

Michael is an Audiologist and Clinical Scientist from the UK with many years of experience working in senior clinical audiology positions within the National Health Service, specialising in both paediatrics and vestibular assessment/rehabilitation. He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Southampton and Aston University respectively and completed the UK’s National School of Healthcare Science “Scientist Training Programme”; leading to his registration as a Clinical Scientist. Since joining the Academy in 2024, Michael has presented at several international scientific conferences, guest lectured at academic institutions and led courses on a wide range of topics in the field of audiology.

Liz Fuemmeler

Liz is a vestibular audiologist and Clinical Product Manager with Interacoustics. She graduated with her doctorate in 2019 from Purdue University and received specialty training in vestibular and balance disorders at Boys Town National Research Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. While at Mayo Clinic, she trained in a concussion evaluation and rehabilitation program, which focused on utilizing vestibular testing to identify the presence and extent of issues following a concussion. Utilizing this training, she established a concussion program at a private practice in Kansas City, MO and participated in interdisciplinary evaluations for the Concussion Management Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is actively involved in vestibular and concussion research and regularly lectures for local, national, and international conferences. Outside of her role with Interacoustics, she co-hosts a monthly podcast called "A Dose of Dizzy '' that reviews current vestibular protocols and research. She also is the president of the Missouri Academy of Audiology and volunteers with the American Academy of Audiology as an advisor to the national student academy.