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      • Before the vestibular examination
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    • Cochlear implants
    • Hearing aids
    • Implantable hearing solutions
    • Mime therapy
    • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma in the wait-and-scan / observation group
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma after surgery
    • Surgery for vertigo
    • Tinnitus management
    • Vestibular rehabilitation
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  • Home
  • About
    • Dr LM Hofmeyr
    • Neurotology
    • Otology
    • Personal
    • Teaching
  • Info For Patients
    • Practice Administration
      • Accounts, terms & conditions
      • Appointments, forms & reports
      • Before the vestibular examination
      • Surgical instructions
      • The vestibular examination
      • Questionnaires
    • Cochlear implants
    • Hearing aids
    • Implantable hearing solutions
    • Mime therapy
    • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma in the wait-and-scan / observation group
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma after surgery
    • Surgery for vertigo
    • Tinnitus management
    • Vestibular rehabilitation
  • Conditions
  • Blog
  • Contact us
Dr Louis Hofmeyr - Otologist
  • Home
  • About
    • Dr LM Hofmeyr
    • Neurotology
    • Otology
    • Personal
    • Teaching
  • Info for Patients
    • Practice Administration
      • Accounts, terms & conditions
      • Appointments, forms & reports
      • Before the vestibular examination
      • Surgical instructions
      • The vestibular examination
      • Questionnaires
    • Hearing Aids
    • Cochlear implants
    • Implantable Hearing Solutions
    • Tinnitus management
    • Vestibular rehabilitation
    • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma in the wait-and-scan / observation group
      • MRI follow up after surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma
  • Conditions
    • Conditions we specialise in
      • Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma)
      • Cochlear implants
      • Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS)
      • Menière’s disease
      • Implantable Hearing Solutions
      • Bell’s palsy
      • Marble bone disease/sclerosteosis
      • Vertigo, dizziness and balance problems
      • Tinnitus
      • Hearing loss
      • Ear disease
      • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
    • More on Vestibular Schwannomas
      • Acoustic neuroma vs vestibular schwannoma
      • Causes of vestibular schwannoma
      • Chemotherapy and biologics for vestibular schwannoma
      • Cochlear implantation for vestibular schwannoma
      • Facial nerve monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery
      • Hearing loss in vestibular schwannoma
      • Incidence and prevalence of vestibular schwannoma
      • Intralabyrinthine schwannoma
      • MRI follow up after surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma
      • Neurofibromatosis type 2
      • Pathology of vestibular schwannoma
      • Quality of life in vestibular schwannoma
      • Radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma
      • Symptoms and signs of vestibular schwannoma
      • Tests in vestibular schwannoma
      • The genetics of vestibular schwannoma
      • Vestibular schwannoma and vestibular function
      • Pregnancy and hormonal contraceptives in vestibular schwannoma
      • Wait and scan management of vestibular schwannoma
    • Dizziness and Balance Disorders
      • Alcohol associated dizziness
      • Allergy associated vertigo
      • Autonomic dizziness
      • Bilateral vestibulopathy
      • Central vertigo
      • Childhood vertigo
      • Episodic ataxia type 2
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Labyrinthitis (otitis interna)
      • Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS)
      • Motion sickness
      • Multiple sclerosis
      • Perilymph fistula (PLF)
      • Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
      • Persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
      • Posttraumatic dizziness
      • Psychogenic dizziness
      • Scuba diving may cause vertigo
      • Transient ischaemic attack
      • Vestibular migraine
      • Vestibular neuritis
      • Vestibular paroxysmia
      • Visual dizziness
      • Visual vertigo
    • Ear Problems
      • Branchiootorenal (BOR) syndrome
      • Cholesteatoma
      • Fibrous dysplasia
      • Microtia and anotia
      • Paraganglioma glomus tumour
      • Petrous apex lesions
      • Pulsatile tinnitus
      • Prosthetic ears
      • Surfers ear
      • Swimmers ear
      • Waardenburg syndrome
    • Hearing Problems
      • Auditory brainstem implant (ABI)
      • Auditory neuropathy
      • Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)
      • Cytomegalovirus
      • Earwax
      • Grommets
      • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
      • Kernicterus
      • Meningitis
      • Microtia and anotia
      • Mumps and sensorineural hearing loss
      • Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)
      • Otitis externa
      • Otitis media
      • Otosclerosis
      • Ototoxicity
      • Paget’s disease of the temporal bone
      • Single sided deafness
      • Sudden deafness
      • Temporal bone fracture
      • Usher syndrome
    • Facial Nerve and other conditions
      • Bell’s palsy
      • Facial nerve neuroma
      • Fibrous dysplasia
      • Hemifacial spasm
      • Mime therapy
      • Paget’s disease of the temporal bone
      • Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2
      • Sclerosteosis (Marble bone disease)
  • Blog
  • Contact us
  • Home
  • About
    • Dr LM Hofmeyr
    • Neurotology
    • Otology
    • Personal
    • Teaching
  • Info for Patients
    • Practice Administration
      • Accounts, terms & conditions
      • Appointments, forms & reports
      • Before the vestibular examination
      • Surgical instructions
      • The vestibular examination
      • Questionnaires
    • Hearing Aids
    • Cochlear implants
    • Implantable Hearing Solutions
    • Tinnitus management
    • Vestibular rehabilitation
    • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma
      • MRI follow-up of vestibular schwannoma in the wait-and-scan / observation group
      • MRI follow up after surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma
  • Conditions
    • Conditions we specialise in
      • Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma)
      • Cochlear implants
      • Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS)
      • Menière’s disease
      • Implantable Hearing Solutions
      • Bell’s palsy
      • Marble bone disease/sclerosteosis
      • Vertigo, dizziness and balance problems
      • Tinnitus
      • Hearing loss
      • Ear disease
      • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
    • More on Vestibular Schwannomas
      • Acoustic neuroma vs vestibular schwannoma
      • Causes of vestibular schwannoma
      • Chemotherapy and biologics for vestibular schwannoma
      • Cochlear implantation for vestibular schwannoma
      • Facial nerve monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery
      • Hearing loss in vestibular schwannoma
      • Incidence and prevalence of vestibular schwannoma
      • Intralabyrinthine schwannoma
      • MRI follow up after surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma
      • Neurofibromatosis type 2
      • Pathology of vestibular schwannoma
      • Quality of life in vestibular schwannoma
      • Radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma
      • Symptoms and signs of vestibular schwannoma
      • Tests in vestibular schwannoma
      • The genetics of vestibular schwannoma
      • Vestibular schwannoma and vestibular function
      • Pregnancy and hormonal contraceptives in vestibular schwannoma
      • Wait and scan management of vestibular schwannoma
    • Dizziness and Balance Disorders
      • Alcohol associated dizziness
      • Allergy associated vertigo
      • Autonomic dizziness
      • Bilateral vestibulopathy
      • Central vertigo
      • Childhood vertigo
      • Episodic ataxia type 2
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Labyrinthitis (otitis interna)
      • Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS)
      • Motion sickness
      • Multiple sclerosis
      • Perilymph fistula (PLF)
      • Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
      • Persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
      • Posttraumatic dizziness
      • Psychogenic dizziness
      • Scuba diving may cause vertigo
      • Transient ischaemic attack
      • Vestibular migraine
      • Vestibular neuritis
      • Vestibular paroxysmia
      • Visual dizziness
      • Visual vertigo
    • Ear Problems
      • Branchiootorenal (BOR) syndrome
      • Cholesteatoma
      • Fibrous dysplasia
      • Microtia and anotia
      • Paraganglioma glomus tumour
      • Petrous apex lesions
      • Pulsatile tinnitus
      • Prosthetic ears
      • Surfers ear
      • Swimmers ear
      • Waardenburg syndrome
    • Hearing Problems
      • Auditory brainstem implant (ABI)
      • Auditory neuropathy
      • Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)
      • Cytomegalovirus
      • Earwax
      • Grommets
      • Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
      • Kernicterus
      • Meningitis
      • Microtia and anotia
      • Mumps and sensorineural hearing loss
      • Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)
      • Otitis externa
      • Otitis media
      • Otosclerosis
      • Ototoxicity
      • Paget’s disease of the temporal bone
      • Single sided deafness
      • Sudden deafness
      • Temporal bone fracture
      • Usher syndrome
    • Facial Nerve and other conditions
      • Bell’s palsy
      • Facial nerve neuroma
      • Fibrous dysplasia
      • Hemifacial spasm
      • Mime therapy
      • Paget’s disease of the temporal bone
      • Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2
      • Sclerosteosis (Marble bone disease)
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