The title of this 2 day course is “Vestibular Rehabilitation”. Vestibular Rehabilitation is a specialized practice area within the field of physical therapy. On day one, participants will learn how to evaluate and treat patients who have been diagnosed with vestibular neuritis, labyrinthitis, and posterior benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV). On day two, participants will learn how to manage less common causes of vertigo (migraine associated vertigo, cervical vertigo, mal de debarquement, Ménière’s disease, perilymph fistula, bilateral vestibular dysfunction, horizontal BPPV, anterior BPPV, labyrinthine concussion, and acoustic neuroma) through patient case presentations.

Dr. Baker received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Furman University in 1981, a master’s degree in physical therapy at Emory University in 1984, and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary health sciences at Western Michigan University in 2012. She also received her NDT certification in 1989, became a neurological clinical specialist in 1995, and became nationally certified in vestibular rehabilitation in 2007. She currently works full-time as an associate professor at Grand Valley State University and part-time at Calvin College Rehabilitation Services (Grand Rapids, Michigan). She specializes in the instruction of neurological evaluation and treatment techniques, and she has completed clinical research in the area of vestibular rehabilitation.

Dr. Kinne received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences at Western Michigan University in 1984, a master’s degree in exercise science at Western Michigan University in 1985, a master’s degree in physical therapy at Grand Valley State University in 1994, and a doctoral degree in health sciences at A.T. Still University in 2015. She also became a member of the Vestibular Disorders Association in 1994 and became nationally certified in vestibular rehabilitation in 2007. She currently works full-time as an associate professor at Grand Valley State University and part-time as a vestibular rehabilitation consultant. She has previously developed a hospital-based vestibular rehabilitation program, and she has completed clinical research in the area of vestibular rehabilitation.

Continuing Education

This course has been approved by the Michigan Physical Therapy Association for 16 Continuing Education Hours MPTA Course Approval #CEUL040091

• Describe each component of the peripheral and central vestibular systems.
• Describe the common types of vestibular tests.
• Describe the common types of vestibular diagnoses.
• Evaluate the needs of a patient who has been diagnosed with vestibular dysfunction.
• Treat the needs of a patient who has been diagnosed with a vestibular dysfunction.

• Comprehensively describe each of the previously mentioned diagnoses.
• Evaluate and treat each of the previously mentioned diagnoses.
• More effectively evaluate and treat his/her patients.