Deck 21: Pta: Vestibular Disorders

Question 1

You would not proceed with interventions for vestibular disease if your patient experiences which of the following symptoms?

A)Increased feeling of pressure in the ears
B)Sudden loss of hearing
C)Fluid discharge from the nose
D)All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A vestibular schwannoma is a benign tumor of which of the cranial nerves?

A)Cranial nerve VII
B)Cranial nerve VIII
C)Cranial nerve IX
D)Cranial nerve X

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The typical instruction for a patient who will do a home exercise program for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is to continue the exercises until he or she has had no episodes of vertigo for how many hours?

A)6 hours
B)12 hours
C)24 hours
D)48 hours

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Physical therapy is not appropriate for patients having which of the following conditions?

A)Ménière's disease
B)Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
C)Unilateral vestibular hypofunction
D)Ventral vestibular hypofunction

Question 5

In treating your patient for gaze instability, the X2 paradigm involves exercises in which:

A)The head moves horizontal as quickly as possible while maintaining focus.
B)The head moves vertically as quickly as possible while maintaining focus.
C)The head and target move in opposite directions.
D)The head and target move in the same direction.

Question 6

Your patient tells you that she feels dizzy.Upon further questioning, she tells you that the room feels like it is spinning.You would document her complaint as:

A)Vertigo
B)Lightheadedness
C)Disequilibrium
D)Oscillopsia