" epley maneuver "

[Noun]  | "Ep*ley maneuver" | \ ˈe-plē- \

1: a procedure to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo that involves manipulating the head in a series of distinct movements in order to reposition calcium carbonate crystals of the inner ear that have become dislodged from the utricle and entered the semicircular canals

Origin: 1994 ;

 After John M. Epley born 1930, American otologist who developed it;

  * Note : The first full published description of the maneuver by Epley was "The Canalith Repositioning Procedure: For Treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo," Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 107, issue 3 (September 1, 1992), pp. 399-404. The procedure, however, was first demonstrated before a medical audience in October, 1980 (see: The Sunday Oregonian, December 31, 2006, pp. A1, A10).;