Event. Vestibular rehabilitation workshop: Using virtual-reality technology to enhance patient care

Date: 30 April 2025 to 02 May 2025

Location: Interacoustics USA, Ron Perlt Learning Center 10393 West 70th Street, Eden Prairie, MN 5534

This Interacoustics Academy vestibular and balance rehabilitation workshop is a 3-day, in-person course. Vestibular and balance rehabilitation is an essential part of the dizzy and imbalanced patient’s journey. This workshop explores the use of virtual reality in objectively personalizing patient training and home exercises to optimize patient care. The course will explore functional assessment of balance including vestibular-ocular testing, upright postural control testing using static force plates, and computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) tests. Clinicians will learn through case-based discussions how to create and adapted individualized vestibular rehabilitation programs

Intended Audience:

Physical therapists, audiologists. otolaryngologists, and any other healthcare professionals seeking to establish or enhance a vestibular and balance rehabilitation program. It is an ideal training opportunity for professionals that have recently acquired a Virtualis virtual-reality-based rehabilitation system

Course Fee: $450 (includes lunch) / Does not include accommodation

Presenters:

Cassie Anderson, PT, DPT
Global Clinical Educator for Balance Rehabilitation
Interacoustics US
Cassie holds her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and has served as a licensed physical therapist for 11 years. She began her career in the inpatient rehab setting working primarily with patients post stroke then transitioned to the outpatient setting working primarily with the vestibular/balance population in a multidisciplinary ENT and neurology clinics. Cassie has participated in research and quality improvement projects aimed at incorporating technology into clinical practice and has presented at both the national and international level.


Darren Whelan BSc MSc MRes
Interacoustics Clinical Trainer,
Interacoustics Academy
Darren holds an undergraduate degree in audiology and postgraduate master’s degrees in health science, neurophysiology, and clinical research. His resumé includes several clinical positions in the National Health Service (NHS). Prior to his current occupation as an International Clinical Trainer in the Interacoustics Academy, Darren held a clinical audiology and research scientist role in the UK, where he investigated patients with auditory and vestibular pathology, and managed a portfolio of NIHR adopted research studies. He has been a guest speaker at national and international conventions, enjoys teaching and providing clinical insights on the management of patients with dizziness and is a contributing author on published audiological and vestibular articles. Darren has also been an adjunct professor at Salus University in the USA, lecturing on the Doctor of Audiology degree.


Anna Payne, PT, DPT, NCS
Clinical Education and Training Specialist (Vestibular and Balance), Interacoustics US
Anna Payne holds her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN. Prior to her current occupation, Anna worked clinically in an outpatient setting treating patients across the age spectrum with a wide variety of diagnoses, including neurologic, orthopedic, and vestibular disorders. As a board certified neurological physical therapist, she has managed care for patients post stroke, with Parkinson’s disease, vestibular conditions, spinal cord injuries, and balance impairments.