International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD)

Published in the Journal of Vestibular Research in Partnership with the Bárány Society

Standardizing Research and Practice to Improve Patient Care

The International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD) consensus documents establish evidence-based consensus and standardization regarding defining syndromes, diseases, diagnostic procedures, and treatments in the field of neurotology with the goal of improving patient care.

These consensus papers are developed by the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society, the world’s leading professional organization devoted to vestibular research and its translation into clinical practice.

The Bárány Society, recognizing that although numerous advances in vestibular research had been made, there was mounting evidence that the field may be hampered moving forward by the lack of a formalized classification system, uniform definitions, and explicit diagnostic criteria. Thus, the ICVD initiative was launched at the XXIV Bárány Society Meeting 2006 in Uppsala, Sweden.

“We believe the time is right to pursue development of the first International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD-I). Initially, we expect its predominant use would be to guide investigators conducting clinically oriented vestibular research. It is our belief that, over time, well-honed research criteria will gradually spread to use in the clinical domain. We envision a staged and iterative development process that involves international experts from both neurology and otolaryngology backgrounds.”

– Alexandre Bisdorff, Michael Von Brevern, Thomas Lempert and David E. Newman-Toker and the the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society (2008)

The Committee first defined key vestibular symptoms as a basis for a subsequent classification of specific vestibular disorders and diagnostic criteria, which then undergo review to build consensus around these formalized definitions.

The Journal of Vestibular Research, the Official Journal of the Bárány Society, plays an important role by publishing the final ICVD documents, which are all open access and free to read, download, and share.

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ICVD Consensus Process

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ICVD Analytics

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ICVD Translations

See the available translations appearing in other journals for selected English language ICVD papers originally published in JVR.

All Published ICVD Papers

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Classification of Vestibular Symptoms: Towards an International Classification of Vestibular Disorders
First Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Alexandre Bisdorff, Michael Von Brevern, Thomas Lempert, and David E. Newman-Toker
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 19, Issue 1-2 (2009), pp. 1-13}

Vestibular Migraine: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Bárány Society and the International Headache Society
Thomas Lempert, Jes Olesen, Joseph Furman, John Waterston, Barry Seemungal, John Carey, Alexander Bisdorff, Maurizio Versino, Stefan Eversi, and David Newman-Toker
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 22, Issue 4 (2012), pp. 167-172}

Diagnostic Criteria for Meniére’s Disease
Consensus Document of the Bárány Society, The Japan Society for Equilibrium Research, the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology (EAONO), the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and the Korean Balance Society
Jose A. Lopez-Escamez, John Carey, Won-Ho Chung, Joel A. Goebel, Måns Magnusson, Marco Mandala, David E. Newman-Toker, Michael Strupp, Mamoru Suzuki, Franco Trabalzini, and Alexandre Bisdorff
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 25, Issue 1 (2015), pp. 1-7}

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Michael von Brevern, Pierre Bertholon, Thomas Brandt, Terry Fife, Takao Imai, Daniele Nuti, and David Newman-Toker
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 25, Issue 3-4 (2015), pp. 105-117}

Vestibular Paroxysmia: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Michael Strupp, Jose A. Lopez-Escamez, Ji-Soo Kim, Dominik Straumann, Joanna Jen, John Carey, Alexandre Bisdorff, and Thomas Brandt
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 26, Issue 5-6 (2016), pp. 409-415}

Diagnostic criteria for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Jeffrey P. Staab, Annegret Eckhardt-Henn, Arata Horii, Rolf Jacob, Michael Strupp, Thomas Brandt, and Adolfo Bronstein
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 27, Issue 4 (2017), pp. 191-208}

Bilateral vestibulopathy: Diagnostic criteria
Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society
Michael Strupp, Ji-Soo Kim, Toshihisa Murofushi, Dominik Straumann, Joanna C. Jen,
Sally M. Rosengren, Charles C. Della Santina, and Herman Kingma
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 27, Issue 4 (2017), pp. 177-189}

Classification of Vestibular Signs and Examination Techniques: Nystagmus and Nystagmus-like Movements
Consensus Document of the Committee for the International Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Scott D.Z. Eggers, Alexandre Bisdorff, Michael von Brevern, David S. Zee, Ji-Soo Kim, Nicolas Perez-Fernandez, Miriam Welgampola, Charles C. Della Santina, and David E. Newman-Toker
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 29, Issue 2-3 (2019), pp. 57-87}

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Hemodynamic Orthostatic Dizziness/Vertigo: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Hyun Ah Kim, Alexandre Bisdorff, Adolfo M. Bronstein, Thomas Lempert, Marcos Rossi-Izquierdo, Jeffrey P. Staab, Michael Strupp, and Ji-Soo Kim
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 29, Issue 2-3 (2019), pp. 45-56}

Presbyvestibulopathy: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Yuri Agrawal, Raymond Van de Berg, Floris Wuyts, Leif Walther, Mans Magnusson, Esther Oh, Margaret Sharpe, and Michael Strupp
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 29, Issue 4 (2019), pp. 161-170}

Mal de Débarquement Syndrome: Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society
Yoon-Hee Cha, Robert W. Baloh, Catherine Cho, Måns Magnusson, Jae-Jin Song, Michael Strupp, Floris Wuyts, and Jeffrey P. Staab
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 30, Issue 5 (2020), pp. 285-293}

Vestibular Migraine of Childhood and Recurrent Vertigo of Childhood
Diagnostic Criteria Consensus document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society and the International Headache Society
Raymond van de Berg, Josine Widdershoven, Alexandre Bisdorff, Stefan Evers, Sylvette Wiener-Vacher, Sharon L. Cushing, Kenneth J. Mack, Ji Soo Kim, Klaus Jahn, Michael Strupp, and Thomas Lempert
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 31, Issue 1 (2021), pp. 1-9}

Superior Semicircular Canal Sehiscence Syndrome
Diagnostic Criteria Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Bryan K. Ward, Raymond van de Berg, Vincent van Rompaey, Alexandre Bisdorff, Timothy E. Hullar, Miriam S. Welgampola, and John P. Carey
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2021), pp. 131-141}

Motion Sickness Diagnostic Criteria
Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society
Yoon-Hee Cha, John F. Golding, Behrang Keshavarz, Joseph Furman, Ji-Soo Kim, Jose A. Lopez-Escamez, Måns Magnusson, Bill J. Yates, and Ben D. Lawson. Advisors: Jeffrey P. Staab, and Alexndre Bisdorff
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 31, Issue 5 (2021), pp. 327-344}

Vestibular Migraine: Diagnostic Criteria (Update)
Consensus Document of the Bárány Society and the International Headache Society
Thomas Lempert, Jes Olesen, Joseph Furman, John Waterston, Barry Seemungal, John Carey, Alexander Bisdorff, Maurizio Versino, Stefan Evers, Amir Kheradmand, and David Newman-Toker
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 32, Issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-6}

Vascular Vertigo and Dizziness: Diagnostic Criteria
Diagnostic Criteria Consensus Document of the Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Ji-Soo Kim, David E. Newman-Toker, Kevin A. Kerber, Klaus Jahn, Pierre Bertholon, John Waterston, Hyung Lee, Alexandre Bisdorff, and Michael Strupp
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 32, Issue 3 (2022), pp. 205-222}

Acute unilateral vestibulopathy/vestibular neuritis: Diagnostic criteria
Committee for the Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society
Michael Strupp, Alexandre Bisdorff, Joseph Furman, Jeremy Hornibrook, Klaus Jahn, Raphael Maire, David Newman-Toker and Måns Magnusson
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 32, Issue 5 (2022), pp. 389-406}

The Bárány Society position on ‘Cervical Dizziness'
Bárány Society Classification OverSight Committee (COSC)
Barry M. Seemungal, Yuri Agrawal, Alexander Bisdorff, Adolfo Bronstein, Kathleen E. Cullen, Peter J. Goadsby, Thomas Lempert, Sudhir Kothari, Phang Boon Lim, Måns Magnusson, Hani J. Marcus, Michael Strupp and Susan L. Whitney
_{Journal of Vestibular Research, Volume 32, Issue 6 (2022) pp. 487-499}

International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD)

Published in the Journal of Vestibular Research in Partnership with the Bárány Society

Standardizing Research and Practice to Improve Patient Care

ICVD Consensus Process

ICVD Analytics

ICVD Translations

All Published ICVD Papers

Forthcoming Papers

For more information about the process, please email: jvr@pitt.edu.

International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD)

Published in the Journal of Vestibular Research in Partnership with the Bárány Society

Standardizing Research and Practice to Improve Patient Care

ICVD Consensus Process

ICVD Analytics

ICVD Translations

All Published ICVD Papers

Forthcoming Papers

For more information about the process, please email: jvr@pitt.edu.

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