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Course: 15SP-HIS-120-W02-A & P OF AUDITORY AND SPEECH > Section: Lessons

To finish up our discussion of the peripheral auditory system, we will discuss disorders of the vestibular system and tinnitus (ringing in the ears).  Though you will not be treating patients with dizziness, it is one of the most common medical complaints of the elderly, which will be a large percentage of your patient population. Tinnitus will be something you address on a daily basis in your future careers, and it is important that you understand its proposed origins and current modes of treatment.