Diagnostic criteria for vestibular vertigo and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
| Vestibular vertigo (one criterion has to be fulfilled) |
| (1) Spontaneous rotational vertigo |
| (2) Positional vertigo |
| (3) Recurrent dizziness with nausea and either oscillopsia or imbalance |
| Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (A–D have to be fulfilled) |
| (A) Recurrent vestibular vertigo |
| (B) Duration of an attack always <1 min |
| (C) Symptoms invariably provoked by the following changes of head position: |
| Lying down or |
| Turning over in the supine position |
| or at least 2 of the following manoeuvres: |
| Reclining the head |
| Rising up from supine position |
| Bending forward |
| (D) Not attributable to another disorder |