Visual stimulus training
Improving tolerance for visually busy environments
Some people with dizziness mainly experience symptoms in visually busy environments such as supermarkets, shopping centres, traffic, or stations. Visual stimulus training aims to improve tolerance for visual stimuli.
Make an appointmentWhat are visual dizziness complaints?
The balance system uses information from the vestibular organ, eyes, and body. When someone becomes too dependent on visual information, busy environments can trigger symptoms.
People may feel dizzy, unstable, or agitated in situations with lots of movement, bright light, or busy patterns.
Visual dependence
Overreliance on vision
The balance system becomes oversensitive to visual information.
Busy environments
Supermarkets and malls
Symptoms in situations with lots of moving images and people.
Traffic
Movement and light
Instability in traffic or with bright light.
When is visual stimulus training applied?
Visual stimulus training can be applied for symptoms such as dizziness in supermarkets, complaints in shopping centres or crowded spaces, instability in traffic, sensitivity to moving images, and PPPD.
It can also help with residual symptoms after a vestibular condition.
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What does visual stimulus training involve?
Treatment consists of exercises where visual stimuli are gradually increased. This can be done in the therapy room or through assignments in daily situations.
Examples include practicing with moving images, walking with visual distraction, and gradual exposure to shops or busy spaces.
The build-up is important: too little stimulus provides insufficient training, too much can worsen symptoms.
Make an appointment
Unsure whether visual stimulus training could help you? An initial assessment can help.