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The general practitioners normally handle most of the non-vestibular cases of vertigo. But sometimes the patient may be referred to an audiology clinic for hearing loss when he mentions about the sudden attack of momentary dizziness, which my therefore require further evaluation.
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Zaidi, S.H., Sinha, A. (2013). General Causes. In: Vertigo. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36485-3_9
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