{"id":19906,"date":"2026-11-12T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19906"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:31:18","slug":"dizziness-and-visual-stimuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/schwindel-und-optische-reize\/","title":{"rendered":"Dizziness and visual stimuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bright lighting, passing traffic or the crowded aisles in the supermarket: For many people with <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/persistent-postural-perceptual-dizziness-pppd\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chronic dizziness<\/a> Everyday environments become a complete mess. A recent qualitative study involving chronic dizziness patients clearly shows how pervasive this problem is.<br>\u3164<br>What the study results show about visual complaints:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the vicious cycle: Often, the overstimulation leads to sufferers avoiding such places, which in the long run increases the sensitivity. Don't let it get to you; these functional dysregulationes can be treated specifically!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All 30 patients studied reported significant visual impairments and extreme sensitivity to light and glare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overload due to movement: Movements in the environment, e.g. passing cars in traffic or crowds in a shopping mall, were described as massively stressful and aggravating for dizziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visual hypersensitivity: When the vestibular system delivers unreliable signals, the brain often relies excessively on sight. In moving environments, this leads to sensory overload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Targeted training instead of sparing: Both visual sensory sensitivity and accompanying balance disorders require structured, dosed desensitization as part of the treatment process. <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/vestibular-rehabilitation-therapy-and-balance-training\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vestibular rehabilitation therapy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49Do you want to understand what PPPD exactly is and why visual stimuli such as light or movement in the supermarket trigger persistent dizziness so strongly? Take a look now at our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/persistent-postural-perceptual-dizziness-pppd\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information<\/a> or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lb77Johf5Xw&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3164Grelle Beleuchtung, vorbeiziehender Verkehr oder die vollen G\u00e4nge im Supermarkt: F\u00fcr viele Menschen mit chronischem Schwindel werden allt\u00e4gliche Umgebungen zum absoluten Spie\u00dfrutenlauf. Eine aktuelle qualitative Studie mit chronischen Schwindelpatient*innen zeigt eindr\u00fccklich, wie allgegenw\u00e4rtig dieses Problem ist.\u3164Was die Studienergebnisse \u00fcber visuelle Beschwerden zeigen: Raus aus dem Teufelskreis: H\u00e4ufig f\u00fchrt die Reiz\u00fcberflutung dazu, dass Betroffene solche Orte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3839,"featured_media":19907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3839"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19908,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19906\/revisions\/19908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19906"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}