Helen S Cohen

Helen S Cohen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA

Professor

(713) 798-5900

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Email

hcohen@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
��Ƶ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Center for Balance Disorders (Clinic): 1977 Butler Blvd.
Suite E5.100
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5900

Education

B.S. from Tufts University: 01/1976 - Medford, Massachusetts, United States; Occupational therapy

M.A. from Columbia University: 01/1981 - New York, New York, United States; Motor learning

Ed.D. from Columbia University: 01/1986 - New York, New York, United States; Motor learning

Advanced Training from Mount Sinai School Of Medicine: 01/1989 - New York, New York, United States; vestibular physiology

Certifications

Texas Occupational Therapy license: #104127; Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

Occupational therapist, registered: #340877; American Occupational Therapy Association

Honors & Awards

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award, American Occupational Therapy Association: (04/2014)

Member, American Occupational Therapy Foundation Academy of Research: 2003, elected membership

Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Association: 1997

Honorable mention, American Medical Writers Association 1994 Medical Book Awards Competition: 1994, for Neuroscience for Rehabilitation, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1993)

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture: Title: A Career in Inquiry; American Occupational Therapy Association (04/2015)

Professional Interests

Research interests
Clinical interests

Websites

Dr. Helen S. Cohen, Professor at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at ��Ƶ of Medicine, discusses examples of how she treats vertigo and balance problems without the use of medications to individually fit the needs of her patients.

Dr. Helen S. Cohen, Professor at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at ��Ƶ of Medicine, describes the vestibular system and its various functions.

Center for Balance Disorders

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Center for Hearing and Balance

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Selected Publications

Cohen H, Blatchly CA, Gombash LL. " " Phys Ther. 1993 Jun ; 73 (6) : 346-51; discuss.
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Cohen HS, Gavia JA. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1998 Sep ; 52 (8) : 644-9.
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Gottshall KR, Hoffer ME, Cohen HS, Moore RJ. " " J Vestib Res. 2006 ; 16 (41276) : 29-33.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Adams AS. " " Laryngoscope. 2000 Jul ; 110 (7) : 1204-9.
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Cohen HS. " " NeuroRehabilitation. 2011 Jan 1; 29 (2) : 173-8.
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Cohen H, Friedman EM, Lai D, Pellicer M, Duncan N, Sulek M. " " Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol.. 1997 Dec 10; 42 (2) : 107-15.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Stewart MG. " " ORL J. Otorhinolaryngol. Relat. Spec.. 2004 ; 66 (1) : 41583.
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Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Sep ; 143 (3) : 405-12.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Clin Rehabil. 2004 Mar ; 18 (2) : 125-31.
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Cohen H, Heaton LG, Congdon SL, Jenkins HA. " " Age Ageing. 1996 Jan ; 25 (1) : 39-44.
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Ondo WG, Almaguer M, Cohen H. " " Mov. Disord.. 2006 Dec ; 21 (12) : 2243-7.
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Mulavara AP, Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ. " " Gait Posture. 2009 Feb ; 29 (2) : 242-8.
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Keshner EA, Cohen H. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1989 May ; 43 (5) : 320-30.
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Cohen H, Keshner EA. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1989 May ; 43 (5) : 331-8.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Apr ; 130 (4) : 418-25.
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Cohen H. " " Ear Nose Throat J. 1995 Apr ; 74 (4) : 233-7.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg.. 2000 Jul ; 126 (7) : 881-7.
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Cohen HS. " " Curr. Opin. Neurol.. 2006 Feb ; 19 (1) : 49-54.
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Cohen H, Ewell LR, Jenkins HA. " " Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg.. 1995 Jan ; 121 (1) : 29-33.
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Cohen HS, Wells J, Kimball KT, Owsley C. " " J Safety Res. 2003 ; 34 (4) : 361-9.
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Peters BT, Mulavara AP, Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Bloomberg JJ. " " J Vestib Res. 2012 Jan 1; 22 (2) : 145-51.
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Hillman EJ, Bloomberg JJ, McDonald PV, Cohen HS. " " J Vestib Res. 1999 ; 9 (1) : 49-57.
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Fekete R, Davidson A, Ondo WG, Cohen HS. " " Parkinsonism Relat. Disord.. 2012 Aug ; 18 (7) : 896-8.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Otol. Neurotol.. 2005 Sep ; 26 (5) : 1034-40.
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Bloomberg JJ, Merkle LA, Barry SR, Huebner WP, Cohen HS, Mueller SA, Fordice J. " " J Vestib Res. 2000 ; 10 (2) : 75-86.
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Roller CA, Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Bloomberg JJ. " " Neurobiol. Aging. 2002 ; 23 : 117-123.
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Buccello-Stout RR, Bloomberg JJ, Cohen HS, Whorton EB, Weaver GD, Cromwell RL. " " J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Sep ; 63 (5) : P295-300.
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Cohen HS, Jerabek J. " " Laryngoscope. 1999 Apr ; 109 (4) : 584-90.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Jenkin HA. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2002 Dec ; 122 (8) : 841-50.
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Cohen HS, Stewart MG, Brissett AE, Olson KL, Takashima M, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " ORL J. Otorhinolaryngol. Relat. Spec.. 2010 ; 72 (1) : 63-7.
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Batson CD, Brady RA, Peters BT, Ploutz-Snyder RJ, Mulavara AP, Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ. " " Exp Brain Res. 2011 Apr ; 209 (4) : 515-24.
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Cohen H, Cohen B, Raphan T, Waespe W. " " Exp Brain Res. 1992 ; 90 (3) : 526-38.
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Roller CA, Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP. " " Percept Mot Skills. 2009 Feb ; 108 (1) : 173-80.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " J Vestib Res. 2002 ; 12 (1) : 47-51.
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Mulavara AP, Fiedler MJ, Kofman IS, Wood SJ, Serrador JM, Peters B, Cohen HS, Reschke MF, Bloomberg JJ. " " Exp Brain Res. 2011 Apr ; 210 (2) : 303-12.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Jan ; 128 (1) : 60-70.
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Cohen HS. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2004 Mar ; 124 (2) : 223-4.
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Cohen HS, Gottshall KR, Graziano M, Malmstrom EM, Sharpe MH, Whitney SL. " " J Vestib Res. 2011 Jan 1; 21 (5) : 243-50.
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Cohen HS, Gottshall KR, Graziano M, Malmstrom EM, Sharpe MH. " " J Vestib Res. 2009 ; 19 (41276) : 15-20.
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Mulavara AP, Feiveson AH, Fiedler J, Cohen H, Peters BT, Miller C, Brady R, Bloomberg JJ. " " Exp Brain Res. 2010 May ; 202 (3) : 649-59.
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Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Gracies JM, Cohen HS, Ondo WG. " " Gait Posture. 2007 Jul ; 26 (2) : 200-7.
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Jenkins HA, Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2000 Mar ; 120 (2) : 187-91.
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Cohen H. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1991 Feb ; 45 (2) : 183.
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Cohen H. " " Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 1996 Jun 19; 781 : 598-600.
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Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Peters BT, Bloomberg JJ, Curthoys IS, Cohen HS. " " Exp Brain Res. 2006 Oct ; 174 (4) : 647-59.
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Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2007 Aug ; 127 (8) : 825-8.
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Cohen HS. " " J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr.. 2007 Jul ; 78 (7) : 663.
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Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2010 Sep ; 130 (9) : 1019-23.
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Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP. " " Percept Mot Skills. 2005 Dec ; 101 (3) : 853-61.
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Cohen H, Kane-Wineland M, Miller LV, Hatfield CL. " " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Apr ; 112 (4) : 526-32.
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Cohen H, Allen JR, Congdon SL, Jenkins HA. " " Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg.. 1995 Apr ; 121 (4) : 459-62.
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Lawson J, Bamiou DE, Cohen HS, Newton J. " " Age Ageing. 2008 Sep ; 37 (5) : 585-9.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Mulavara AP, Bloomberg JJ, Paloski WH. " " J Vestib Res. 2012 Jan 1; 22 (4) : 191-6.
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Cohen HS, Cox C, Springer G, Hoffman HJ, Young MA, Margolick JB, Plankey MW. " " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (5) : e38419.
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Cohen HS. " " Otol. Neurotol.. 2004 Mar ; 25 (2) : 130-4.
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Cohen HS. " " Am J Occup Ther. 2001 ; 55 (6) : 661-5.
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Cohen HS, Burkhardt A, Cronin GW, McGuire MJ. " " Am J Occup Ther. 2006 ; 60 (6) : 669-78.
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Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " Acta Otolaryngol.. 2012 Aug ; 132 (8) : 850-4.
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Cohen H. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1989 Jul ; 43 (7) : 475-7.
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Cohen HS, Mulavara AP, Peters BT, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Bloomberg JJ. " " J Vestib Res. 2012 Jan 1; 22 (2) : 95-104.
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Cohen H, Reed KL. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1996 ; 50 (7) : 561-8.
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Cohen H, Rubin AM, Gombash L. " " Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1992 Aug ; 73 (8) : 703-8.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " Am J Otolaryngol. 2004 ; 25 (1) : 33-7.
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Cohen HS. " " J Vestib Res. 2003 ; 13 (41370) : 405-9.
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Cohen HS, Kimball KT. " " J Vestib Res. 2008 ; 18 (41400) : 295-303.
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Roller CA, Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Bloomberg JJ. " " Brain Res Cogn Brain Res. 2001 Oct ; 12 (2) : 341-52.
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Cohen H. " " J Vestib Res. 1996 ; 6 (1) : 31-5.
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Roberts JC, Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " J Vestib Res. 2011 Jan 1; 21 (3) : 167-74.
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Cohen HS. " " J Vestib Res. 2000 ; 10 (1) : 41470.
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Cohen H. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1994 Oct ; 48 (10) : 919-25.
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Cohen H. " " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992 Nov ; 107 (5) : 638-43.
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Cohen H, Miller LV, Kane-Wineland M, Hatfield CL. " " Am J Occup Ther. 1995 Apr ; 49 (4) : 362-7.
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Mulavara AP, Ruttley T, Cohen HS, Peters BT, Miller C, Brady R, Merkle L, Bloomberg JJ. " " J Vestib Res. 2012 Jan 1; 22 (2) : 153-66.
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Cohen HS, Sangi-Haghpeykar H. " " Gait Posture. 2011 Feb ; 33 (2) : 211-3.
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Cuthbertson, D.W., Bershad, E., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Cohen, H.S. M.. " Balance as a measurement of fatigue in postcall residents. " Laryngoscope. 2014 Jun 16;
Reschke, M.F., Cohen, H.S., Cerisano, J., Clayton, J., Cromwell, R., Danielson, R., Hwang, E., Tingen, C., Allen, J., Tomko, D.. " Neuroscience in space: differences based on sex and gender in NASA’s spaceflight program. " 2014 ; 23 : 959-962.
Ricci, N.A., Aratani, M.C., Caovilla, H.H., Cohen, H.S., Gananca, F.F... " Evaluation of properties of the Vestibular Disorders Activities of Daily Living Scale (Brazilian version) in an elderly population. " Braz J Phys Ther. 2014 ; 18 : 174-182.
Cohen, H.S., Mulavara, A.P., Sangi-Haghpeykar, S., Peters, B.T., Bloomberg, J.J., Pavlik, V.N.. " Screening people in the waiting room for vestibular impairments. " Southern Med J. 2014 ; 107 : 459-453.
Todai, J.K., Congdon, S.L., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Cohen, H.S.. " Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in response to three test positions and two frequencies. " Laryngoscope. 2014 ; 124 : E237-240.
Cohen, H.S., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Ricci, N.A.., Kampangkaew, J., Williamson, R.A.. " Utility of Stepping, Walking, and Head Impulses for Screening Patients for Vestibular Impairments. " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 ; 151 : 136-136.
Cohen, H.. " How to read a research paper. " Amer J Occup Ther. 1988 ; 42 : 596-600.
Cohen, H., Reed K.L.. " History of neuroscience in rehabilitation. " Synapse. 1994 ; 14 : 7-9.
Cohen, H.. " Vestibular rehabilitation: How neuroscience relates to occupational therapy.. " Israel J Occup Ther. 1994 ; 3 : E97-E12.
Cohen, H.S.. " Vestibular and balance disorders: vestibular rehabilitation.. " OT Practice. 2000 ; 5 : 14-18.
Cohen, H.S., Murphy, E.K.. " A modification of the liberatory maneuver for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo for patients who are difficult to move. " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 ; 136 : 309-310.
Cohen, H.S., Bloomberg, J.J.. " Visual acuity tests after acoustic neuroma resection.. " Acta Otolaryngol. 2007 ; 127 : 825-828.
Isaacson, B., Murphy, E.K., Cohen, H.S.. " Head positions in vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. " J Vestib Res. 2006 ; 16 : 187-191.
Mulavara, A.P., Cohen, H.S., Peters, B.T., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H, Bloomberg, J.J... " New analyses of the Sensory Organization Test compared to the Clinical Test of Sensory Integration and Balance in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. " Laryngoscope. 2013 ; 123 : 2276-2280.
Cohen, H.S., Mulavara, A.P., Peters, B.T., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Kung, D.H., Mosier, D.R., Bloomberg JJ.. " Sharpening the tandem walking test for screening peripheral neuropathy. " Southern Med J. 2013 ; 106 : 565-569.
Peters, B.T., Cohen, H.S., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Bloomberg, J.J... " Effects of distance and duration on vertical dynamic visual acuity in screening healthy adults and people with vestibular disorders.. " J Vestib Res. 2013 ; 23 : 285-291.
Cohen, H.S., Mulavara, A.P., Peters, B.T., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Bloomberg, J.J... " Standing balance tests for screening people with vestibular impairments. " Laryngoscope. 2014 ; 124 : 545-550.
. Erlandson K, Brown T, Cox C, Plankey M, Springer G, Hoffman H, Cohen HS, Cox C, Hoffman HJ, Yin MT, Brown TT. " " HIV Med. 2016 Mar 29;
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Bloomberg JJ, Peters BT, Cohen HS, Mulavara AP. " Enhancing astronaut performance using sensorimotor adaptability training. " Front Sys Neurosci. 2015 Sep 16; doi: 10.3389/fn.
Li, C-M, Hoffman H, Ward B, Cohen HS, Rine RM. " " J Pediatr. 2016 Apr ; 17 : 240-247.
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Goel R, Kofman I, Jeevarajan J, De Dios Y, Cohen HS, Bloomberg JJ, Mulavara AP. " Using low levels of stochastic vestibular stimulation to improve balance function. " PLoS One. 2015 ; 10 (8) : doi:10.1371/jou.

Funding

Epidemiologic research on screening for vestibular and balance disorders #R01DC009031: National Institutes of Health; 2008-2013; principal investigator 2015 - 2020; principal investigator

Supplement on driving disability in vestibular disorders: National Institutes of Health; 2001-2002; principal investigator

Management of adaptation to altered sensorimotor states #R01 DC04167: National Institutes of Health; 1999-2004; principal investigator

Treatments for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo #R01-DC03602: National Institutes of Health; 1998-2009; principal investigator

Advanced Techniques for Assessment of Postural and Locomotor Ataxia, Spatial Orientation and Gaze Stability: National Space Biomedical Research Institute; 1997-1998; co-principal investigator

Rehabilitation paradigms for chronic vertigo #R29-DC02412: National Institutes of Health; 1995-2000; principal investigator

Habituation following vestibular neurectomy #R03-DC01732: National Institutes of Health; 1994-1996; principal investigator

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