About Your Visit / What to Expect

Dizziness or balance examinations will include evaluating the inner ear, eye movement and neurological connections that links them all together. You can expect to be here about 1 ½ hours to 2 hours. Hearing evaluations can last about 1 hour.

The testing is not painful and our doctors will make sure you are comfortable during the evaluation. All testing is state of the art and computer based. Our doctors will perform a series of tests to determine the cause of your dizziness. Examination will include evaluating the inner ear, eye movement and neurological connection that links them all together.

Yes. However, we ask that you eat very light. Try to avoid heavily fried foods or lots of dairy products. Although most people do just fine with the balance tests, there are some parts that might make you feel a little dizzy — so, to reduce any nausea you might otherwise experience, we ask you not to eat a heavy meal.

No. Makeup, particularly eye makeup, often disturbs our sensitive equipment and gets in the way of accurate results.

We ask that you DO NOT take on the day of your appointment the following: these include anti-vertigo medications such as Meclizine, and other strong sleeping pills and pain pills that can cause drowsiness, because these drugs can affect the results of testing.

Everybody’s reaction is different. It depends on what the underlying cause of your dizziness is. If you’re already dealing with dizziness symptoms, the tests won’t make them worse than they already are and they won’t cause previous dizziness episodes to return.  Our doctors will make sure they keep you as comfortable as possible.

Most of our patients feel just fine to drive after testing. However, if your present symptoms are severe, it’s not a bad idea to have someone drive you.

No, not all medications need to be stopped. Please call us at 1-800-245-6442 if you have questions or for a list of medications that should be stopped.