THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF POSTURE AND ORIENTATION FUNCTIONS.

THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF POSTURE AND ORIENTATION FUNCTIONS. PROJECTED MARKETS FOR THE PRODUCTS ARE CLINICAL SPECIALISTS IN NEURO-OTOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PHYSIATRY, AS WELL AS FOR USE BY EDUCATORS IN THE MONITORING OF NORMAL SENSORIMOTOR THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PHASE II GRANT PERIOD IS TO PRODUCE AND MARKET-TEST A LIMITED NUMBER OF MOVING PLATFORM SYSTEMS IN SELECTED CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED UPON DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR DISORDERS. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 1. DESIGN OF THE PREPRODUCTION PROTOTYPE, 2. DESIGN OF THE COMPUTER AUTOMATED TEST PROTOCOLS AND INFORMATION DISPLAYS, AND 3. FOLLOWING PLACEMENT IN SELECTED CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS, USER WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD TO EVALUATE THE PRODUCT AND RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION.