just read on the internet that  the no 1 female austrailan tennis player alicia molik had a similar condtion to me vestibular neuritis,the same only no hearing loss.she was no 8 in the world back in march 2005 it hit her its taken her nearly 2 years jan of this year she made a comeback,and won the recent french open doubles,shes playing inthe first round of wimbledon good on her.i am going to follow her during wimbledon.