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Table 2.

Definition of dizziness and vertigo by the International Bárány Society for NeuroOtology.

Classification Description
Dizziness The sensation of disturbed or impaired spatial orientation without a hallucinatory or distorted sense of motion.

Vertigo The sensation of self-motion when no self-motion is occurring or the sensation of distorted self-motion during an otherwise normal head movement.