VAI2019-VAI Prize Session

The best study will be elected among the prize submissions (made by the authors below 40 years old.) will be aw arded with “IVS Prize”  5 finalists will be selected among the prize submissions.

These finalists will present their studies to the Jury during the prize session and the winner will be awarded w ith “IVS Prize Certificate” and 1000 US Dollars.

The Abstracts for oral and poster presentations should be submitted until January 31, 2019. This da te will NOT be postponed.


Prize No Finalist Name and Surname Abstract Title
Prize Finalist 1 Bryan Wei Wen Lee Epidemiology and prevalence of Vestibular Migraine in patients with dizziness symptoms presenting to an ENT clinic using 2018 ICHD-3b Vestibular Migraine diagnostic criteria.
Prize Finalist 2 Ekaterine   Kharkheli Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) in the different satges of meniere’s disease.
Prize Finalist 3 Floris  Wuyts Visual induced dizziness (VID) correlates with altered functional connectivity in the brain.
Prize Finalist 4 Sudhira  Ratnayake High-frequency vestibular function in children with enlarged vestibular aqueducts.
Prize Finalist 5 Floris Wuyts Treatment of Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS) by means of optokinetic stimulation and head roll paradigm. A placebo controlled study proving its effectiveness.