ENT & Balance Diagnostics
Vertigo & Balance Testing in Pune
A spinning head is a symptom, not a diagnosis. A proper vertigo evaluation finds the exact reason you feel dizzy, so the treatment actually fits the problem. At our Viman Nagar clinic, our ENT and balance team assess you carefully at the bedside and do the hearing and balance checks that can be done in an outpatient clinic, then refer you on for specialist lab testing when it is genuinely needed, rather than reaching for a quick prescription. If dizziness comes on suddenly with slurred speech, face or arm weakness, double vision or a severe headache, treat it as a possible stroke and call 108.
- Advanced vestibular lab (VNG, balance testing) in-house
- Cause-first evaluation, not symptom-masking
- Open all 7 days, 9 AM to 9 PM
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Understanding It
What is a vertigo test?
A vertigo test is not a single test but a set of checks that look at how well your balance system is working. Your sense of balance depends on three things working together: your inner ear, your eyes, and the position sensors in your joints and muscles. When one of them sends the wrong signal, the result is vertigo, that unsettling feeling that you or the room is spinning. A vertigo evaluation works out which part is at fault.
The single most useful thing a proper evaluation does is separate an inner-ear cause from a brain or nerve cause. The large majority of dizziness comes from the inner ear and is very treatable, often quickly. A smaller number of cases point to something that needs different, sometimes urgent, attention. Knowing which is which is the whole point, and it is why guessing from symptoms alone is a poor idea.
At our Viman Nagar clinic, Dr. Rahul Magar and Dr. Cherry Roy start with a detailed history and a focused clinical examination, add a hearing assessment (audiometry) where the inner ear is involved, and do the bedside balance checks that an outpatient clinic can do. When a case genuinely needs instrumented lab testing such as VNG, we refer you to a specialist centre for it. The aim is a clear answer and a plan you understand, not a bag of tablets.
Not sure if you need this?
Describe your symptoms and our team will tell you whether this is the right care, free, over the phone.
Listen to Your Body
When a vertigo evaluation helps
Book a consultation if any of these sound familiar:
- Spinning or tilting spells, especially when you move your head
- Dizziness triggered by rolling over in bed or looking up
- Repeated unsteadiness, or veering to one side when walking
- Dizziness that comes with hearing changes, ear fullness or ringing
- Dizziness with headache, or with light and sound sensitivity
- Falls or near-falls, particularly in older adults
Your Care Journey
How your balance evaluation works
Detailed history
We ask exactly how the dizziness feels, what sets it off, how long it lasts and what comes with it. This alone points strongly toward the cause.
Clinical examination
Focused bedside tests such as positional testing (the Dix-Hallpike manoeuvre) and a head impulse test check your inner-ear balance reflexes and help identify BPPV.
Hearing assessment
Because the inner ear controls both balance and hearing, a hearing test is often part of the picture, especially when there is ear fullness or ringing.
Referral when it is genuinely needed
When the cause is unclear or a case needs instrumented vestibular testing such as VNG, we refer you to a specialist centre, and arrange an MRI referral only if something beyond the inner ear is suspected, guiding you through what each result means.
What We Offer
The tests that may be part of your evaluation
Positional testing (Dix-Hallpike)
Gentle, guided head and body movements that reproduce and identify BPPV, the commonest cause of vertigo, and show which ear and canal is involved.
Bedside head impulse check
A quick check done by hand at the bedside, with no equipment, of the reflex that keeps your vision steady when your head moves, which helps tell an inner ear cause from one that needs onward referral.
Hearing test (audiometry)
Measures hearing across frequencies, important when vertigo comes with ear fullness, ringing or fluctuating hearing, as in Meniere-type problems.
Bedside balance and coordination assessment
A hands on clinical check, done in the clinic, of how well your eyes, inner ear and body work together to keep you steady, which helps judge your balance and fall risk, particularly in older adults.
Ear examination and symptom review
Your ENT examines your ears and takes a careful history of how the dizziness feels, what sets it off and how long it lasts, which often points to the likely cause before any test.
Coordinated referral for specialist balance testing
VNG and other instrumented balance tests are done at a specialist centre we refer you to, not on site. When your assessment shows this is needed, we arrange and coordinate that referral for you.
Why Prudent
Why get tested at Prudent International Health Clinic
Cause first, treatment second
We work out the exact reason for your dizziness before treating it, so you are not medicated for a problem you do not have.
Honest testing, not machines for their own sake
We do the bedside balance assessment and audiometry that genuinely help in an outpatient clinic, and refer you on for VNG or other instrumented lab testing only when it will change your care, so you are never sent for tests you do not need.
Same-day answers where possible
For the commonest cause, BPPV, the diagnosis and the repositioning treatment can often happen in the same visit.
Honest about the serious few
We tell you plainly when a symptom needs urgent attention rather than a routine appointment, and we do not overtest for the sake of it.
Meet Your Specialist
The doctors who'll care for you
Consulting at Prudent International Health Clinic, Viman Nagar, Pune.
Dr. Rahul Magar
ENT Specialist
MBBS, DLO (Otorhinolaryngology)
- Viman Nagar, Pune
- Mon – Sun · 12 – 8 PM
- 13+ years of experience
Dr. Cherry Roy
ENT Specialist
MBBS, MS (ENT)
- Viman Nagar, Pune
- Mon – Sun · 4 – 9 PM
- 16+ years of experience
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