All Audiology and Hearing Centre personnel undergo training that enables them to perform basic testing. Therefore, we can quickly asses any balance problem relating to inner ear beside identifying the need for onward referral. Unterberger testing and Romberg Manoueuvre testing are the two main types of balance testing.

Romberg testing is used to examine a client’s neurological function. It based on the principle that a person requires two of the three of the below senses to maintain balance while standing.

• Vision (aptitude for observing and controlling for body position changes
• Proprioception (aptitude to identify one’s body in space)
• Vestibular function (the capacity to recognize one’s head position in space)

Unterberger test diagnosis the presence and location-right or left- of potential lesions.

The client is requested to walk on the spot for one minute with a high step, in a quiet background, both eyes opened, and with both eyes closed. Any result indicating loss of balance or instability can be interpreted as positive unterberger test and could indicate a possible problem with the individual’s vestibular test system.