Vestibular migraine in children, the commonest cause of dizziness
Vestibular migraine in children, the commonest cause of dizziness

This session will be led by Prof. S. Dasgupta, Consultant Neurotologist and Clinical Lead in Pediatric Audiology at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Not dangerous, yet deeply distressing.
Although vestibular migraine is now recognized as the leading cause of dizziness in the pediatric population, it remains underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to the complexity of evaluating children and the tendency to treat it as a diagnosis of exclusion.
Key highlights of the webinar:
- The clinical picture and diagnostic approach for vestibular migraine in children
- The pathogenesis at the neuropeptide and neurotransmitter level, explaining how pediatric presentations differ from adult forms
- The importance of an audiovestibular work-up and structured anamnesis
- Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions for long-term management
- Raising awareness to support early recognition and treatment

Soumit Dasgupta
Professor Soumit Dasgupta is an award winning consultant neurotologist/audiovestibular physician and clinical lead in paediatric audiology at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Hypatia Dizziness and Balance Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
He is a honorary senior lecturer in the University of Liverpool UK, a honorary lecturer, Audiology and Deafness, in the University of Manchester UK and a honorary visiting professor, Otology and Skull Base Surgery, in the University of Siena, Italy.
He is a globally acknowledged expert in paediatric vestibular disorders leading one of the few tertiary paediatric vestibular centres in the world and a paediatric vestibular research laboratory.
He is well published in peer reviewed index journals and has written several text book chapters.
He is leading the UK in looking into genetic hearing loss and ototoxicity in the paediatric population with dedicated monitoring protocols and represents the UK in the International Ototoxicity Monitoring Group (IOMG), a global consortium of experts researching in ototoxicity.
He is the international secretary of the International Vestibular Society, the Chairman of Education in the British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians and an executive committee member of the British Society of Neurotology and Otology.
He is an expert reviewer for 9 index journals on Neurotology and Genetics, in the editorial board of four index journals and is an expert adviser to the General Medical Council, United Kingdom.