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03.05.09Balance Disorders Aided by Virtual RehabThe University of Pittsburgh's Department of Otolaryngology has developed a virtual reality grocery store that is helping patients with balance disorders. The grocery store is based in Pitt's Medical Virtual Reality Center, a groundbreaking arena for balance control, which is part of the Raymond E. Jordan Center for Balance Disorders. The center features a "spatially-immersive display setting called the BNAVE (Balance NAVE Automatic Virtual Environment)," which in this case becomes the grocery store. Subjects "stand on a platform that is stationary, moves in response to a person's sway, or moves in a predetermined fashion." Balance disorders can cause dizziness, vertigo, disequilibrium, and ...
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