Positions
- Professor
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Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Addresses
- Center for Balance Disorders (Clinic)
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1977 Butler Blvd.
Suite E5.100
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5900
Education
- B.S. from Tufts University
- 01/1976 - Medford, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupational therapy
- M.A. from Columbia University
- 01/1981 - New York, New York, United States
- Motor learning
- Ed.D. from Columbia University
- 01/1986 - New York, New York, United States
- Motor learning
- Advanced Training from Mount Sinai School Of Medicine
- 01/1989 - New York, New York, United States
- vestibular physiology
Certifications
- Texas Occupational Therapy license
- #104127
- Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
- Occupational therapist, registered
- #340877
- American Occupational Therapy Association
Honors & Awards
- Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award, American Occupational Therapy Association
- (04/2014)
- Member, American Occupational Therapy Foundation Academy of Research
- 2003, elected membership
- Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Association
- 1997
- Honorable mention, American Medical Writers Association 1994 Medical Book Awards Competition
- 1994, for Neuroscience for Rehabilitation, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1993)
- Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture
- Title: A Career in Inquiry
- American Occupational Therapy Association (04/2015)
Professional Interests
- Research interests
- Clinical interests
Websites
How Do You Treat Vertigo and Balance Problems?
Dr. Helen S. Cohen, Professor at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, discusses examples of how she treats vertigo and balance problems without the use of medications to individually fit the needs of her patients.
What is the Vestibular System?
Dr. Helen S. Cohen, Professor at the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, describes the vestibular system and its various functions.
Selected Publications
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Cohen H, Blatchly CA, Gombash LL. " A study of the clinical test of sensory interaction and balance. " Phys Ther. 1993 Jun ; 73 (6) : 346-51; discuss.
Pubmed PMID: 8497509. -
Cohen HS, Gavia JA. " A task for assessing vertigo elicited by repetitive head movements. " Am J Occup Ther. 1998 Sep ; 52 (8) : 644-9.
Pubmed PMID: 9739398. -
Gottshall KR, Hoffer ME, Cohen HS, Moore RJ. " Active head movements facilitate compensation for effects of prism displacement on dynamic gait. " J Vestib Res. 2006 ; 16 (41276) : 29-33.
Pubmed PMID: 16917166. -
Cohen HS, Kimball KT, Adams AS. " Application of the vestibular disorders activities of daily living scale. " Laryngoscope. 2000 Jul ; 110 (7) : 1204-9.
Pubmed PMID: 10892697.
Funding
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Epidemiologic research on screening for vestibular and balance disorders
#R01DC009031 - National Institutes of Health
- 2008-2013; principal investigator 2015 - 2020; principal investigator
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Supplement on driving disability in vestibular disorders
- National Institutes of Health
- 2001-2002; principal investigator
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Management of adaptation to altered sensorimotor states
#R01 DC04167 - National Institutes of Health
- 1999-2004; principal investigator
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Treatments for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
#R01-DC03602 - National Institutes of Health
- 1998-2009; principal investigator
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Advanced Techniques for Assessment of Postural and Locomotor Ataxia, Spatial Orientation and Gaze Stability
- National Space Biomedical Research Institute
- 1997-1998; co-principal investigator
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Rehabilitation paradigms for chronic vertigo
#R29-DC02412 - National Institutes of Health
- 1995-2000; principal investigator
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Habituation following vestibular neurectomy
#R03-DC01732 - National Institutes of Health
- 1994-1996; principal investigator
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