Sense of Balance: Truth AND Consequences | Steven Rauch | TEDxKenmoreSquare 

Harvard Professor of Otolaryngology and Vestibular Division Chief at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Dr. Steven Rauch offers a look at the miracle of balance, the harsh reality of balance problems and age-related balance decline, and an approach each of can take to maintain balance through our “golden years”. Dr. Rauch is Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. He is Vestibular Division Chief in the Otolaryngology Department at Massachusetts Eye and Ear (MEE) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where his clinical and research interests are in combined disorders of hearing and balance, including Meniere’s disease, autoimmune inner ear disease, sudden deafness, and migraine. Dr. Rauch is currently a member of the Research Advisory Board of the American Otological Society, the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of the Vestibular Disorders Association, and the Meniere’s Disease Advisory Board of the Hearing Health Foundation. Dr. Rauch is also Professor in the Liberal Arts Department at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches a course on the Science of Health and Wellness. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx