Vestibular Innovation in Pain
Study Phase: N/A
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Start Date: October 01, 2024
End Date: June 01, 2025
Inclusion Criteria:
- Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
- Age equal to or >18 years old
- Stated interest in and willingness to receive VCS and to complete the online patient reported outcomes before and after the procedure.
- Owns or has access to a smart phone or computer to complete outcome measures
- Diagnosis of one of the following:
- Fibromyalgia (FM), with at least a 4/10 average baseline pain on the numeric rating scale at the time of inclusion.
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
- Long-COVID
- Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS)
Exclusion Criteria: An individual with any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- History of tympanic membrane injury, rupture, or surgery
- Including tympanostomy, or "ear tubes," and/or cochlear implant.
- Ear infection within the last 3 months, or current ear pain.
- Current pregnancy
- Bipolar Disorder
- History of seizures (including non-epileptiform seizures)
- History of syncope
- Inability to lay supine for 30 minutes
- Clinically significant medical, psychological, or behavioral conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise participation in the study
- Not fluent in English
- History of or current Meniere's Disease
- History of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke or TIA, or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in the last three months
- History of hospitalization for severe hypertension
- History of vestibular schwannoma or meningioma resection.