Vestibular Outcomes and Rehabilitation in Lateral Skull Base Surgery
7th March, 2026, 13:20 - 14:20
Pacific C

This session will focus on the pathophysiology of vestibular dysfunction in patients with lateral skull base disorders as well as their treatment. Skull base surgeons with an interest in vestibular outcomes should attend the session. While not applicable to vestibular schwannoma specifically, novel vestibular treatments including vestibular implantation for bilateral vestibular hypofunction will be discussed.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Understand the nature of vestibular dysfunction as it pertains to lateral skull base disorders.
• Recognize the ways that vestibular rehabilitation helps patients to compensate for vestibular dysfunction.
• Understand the role of gentamicin prehabilitation in vestibular schwannoma patients and implement prehabilitation pathways in their own skull base treatment algorithms.
• Recognize the role of vestibular implantation for bilateral vestibular hypofunction.

Current Schedule

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