Re: What about child who DOESN'T get dizzy?

[Guest guest]

I have a similar child, but I'm not sure why. I don't think it has

anything to do with hearing loss, but I could be wrong.

Darla

On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:14:07 -0500 " Terri "

writes:

> There's been a lot lately about children with

> vertigo episodes, dizziness,... What about a

> child who seems quite resistant to dizziness?

> My daughter loves to spin on spinning swings,

> she loves the tea-cups at Disneyland and

> similar rides at carnivals. The rest of us

> have to take turns riding with us as they

> make us sick to our stomach after once or

> twice.

>

> She also has excellent balance.

>

> Anyone else have a similar child? Any ideas

> why this could be? We are still trying to

> diagnose my daughter's hearing loss (profound

> to severe bi-lateral and slowly progressive

> plus some fluctuation) and everyone seems to

> find her resistance to dizziness odd. I was

> wondering if it related to her hearing loss

> and how.

>

> Terri , Mother of Kathy, almost 7, HoH,

> future artist and pokemon trainer

>

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[Guest guest]

This is just a possibility, but the book about sensory integration disorder

mentions that some SI kids crave these sensations and can seem quite unaffected

by them. I loaned my copy of Out-of-Sync child out, but I believe that would

be a hyposensitive vestibular sense. An occupational therapist could identify

that.

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[Guest guest]

Funny thing, my son has had the vertiago attacks, but doesn't get dizzy other

times. Loves spinning in circles, the tube swing at the park, etc. Makes me

sick, but he's just fine and dandy. Go figure. We chuckle when someone thinks

he has general dizziness, when it is actually more episodic. There are so

many causes for hearing loss or the dizziness. Who knows?

--Karin Markert