How to tell which ear is causing vertigo

If so, there’s a good chance you have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV (commonly known as “having rocks in the head”). BPPV is the most common inner ear problem and cause of vertigo, or false sense of spinning.

It can occur just once or twice, or it can last days or weeks, or, rarely, for months. BPPV is a specific diagnosis and each word describes the condition:

Benign—It is not life-threatening, even though the symptoms can be very intense and upsetting.
Paroxysmal (par-ek-siz-muhl)—It comes in sudden, short spells.
Positional—Certain head positions or movements can trigger a spell.
Vertigo—You feel like you are spinning, or the world around you is spinning.

What Happens in the Inner Ear with BPPV?

The way we maintain balance when we move about is by the complex interactions of both inner ears, the eyes, the muscles down your back, and soles of the feet, and how all of these get processed in the brain.

In the inner ear, we have balance canals that detect movement, and balance organs that detect gravity. The gravity organs have tiny calcium carbonate c

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