Summary

Vertigo is a sensation that either you or your surroundings, or both, are spinning or moving when they are not. Some people confuse vertigo with dizziness, but there is a difference, explains Neil Shepard, Ph.D., an audiologist at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. "Dizziness typically is a feeling of being lightheaded, or it may be a loss of balance that makes you unsteady on your feet.

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