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O.C. jobless rate rises A symphony of sights and sounds News as it happens on Influx of students drives the jump, though hiring increases. Unemployment www.ocregister.com June 2009 - June 2010: Mobile: m.ocregister.com range County’s unem- June labor force to increase,” sumer Price Index edged U.S. O.C ployment rate jumped he said. “If your labor force is down 0.1 percent from May to 12% to 9.5 percent in June, growing, the unemployment June and rose 1.1 percent in 10 but employers are hir- rate is going to go up.” the past 12 months. Weather 77/65 93/68 ing. In Orange County, ● The June CPI also showed 9.5% 8 Details in Local Coast Inland O5,100 new jobs were created PRICES DOWN that the cost of renting a resi- June 2010 from May to June. Another bit of good news: dence in Southern O.C. and 6 nationwide rates Chapman University econo- Prices and area rents are dip- fell at an 0.7 percent annual mist Esmael Adibi called that a ping. rate in the first half of 2010. 4 good sign. “We knew unem- ● Southern Californians are That’s the first six-month de- must-read stories 2 ployment was going to increase seeing bargains these days with cline since 1995 and reflects a you’ll find inside – you have college grads, high consumer prices declining 0.2 push by landlords to fill empty J J A S O N D J F M A M J 0 today’s paper school students and just college percent from May to June and apartments and other rentals 2009 2010 4 students looking for summer up only 0.9 percent over the with discounted rents. Source: California Employment jobs – so it’s very normal for the past year. Nationwide, the Con- Business 1 and 3 Development Department APPLE OFFERS TRADITION, NEW ATTRACTIONS DRAW CROWD TO FAIR IPHONE FIX Apple CEO Steve Jobs ac- knowledged that the com- pany’s iPhone 4 had some re- ception prob- lems and apol- ogized to users who were af- fected. Jobs said the com- pany would of- fer a free case, which wraps around the rim of the phone to fix the flaw, to anyone who buys an iPhone 4 through Sept. 30. Apple will let people sign up for the cases online late next week. News 3 TRIAL TO STAY IN O.C. The trial of a man charged with second- degree murder in a crash that killed An- gels pitcher and two of his friends will remain in Orange County, a Superior Court judge ruled. Local 1 CAP APPEARS EFFECTIVE BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be holding tight after it was fitted with a containment cap, but some puzzling pres- sure readings have raised uncertainty about whether there is a leak. News 3 50 YEARS FOR SLAYING LEONARD ORTIZ, THE Riders go for a “spin” on the Tango on Friday, the opening day of the OC Fair. A former apartment manager in Santa Ana was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for shooting a man between the By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER those aromas and blend them foot on the fairgrounds for the eyes after losing hundreds of dollars in a THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER into a perfect balance that will opening of “The Beat Goes ONLINE be welcomed, even sought af- On” at the Orange County EXTRAS Cambodian dice game. Local 2 COSTA MESA ● Kettle corn, live- ter, by thousands this summer. Fairgrounds. For more photos stock, fried food and sun- It is the smell of the Orange This year’s event will wel- and video, go to screen. County Fair. come old favorites, such as ocregister.com Only one place in Orange Hundreds waited in line Fri- /costamesa County can capture all of day to be among the first to set SEE FAIR ● PAGE 2

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By GREG HARDESTY Heidi Brandl has a routine Index The Orange County Register THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER to keep her son engaged dur- is a . ● ing these 45-minute therapy Abby Show 2 Copyright 2010 ● NEWPORT BEACH The chair sessions. When the “disco ball Comics ● Show 4-5 Customer starts spinning. light” goes on, projecting hun- Crossword ● Show 4-5 service toll-free And as it spins, a little boy, dreds of pinpoints of light on 1-877-OCR-7009 [627-7009] Casey, 3, wearing very cool the wall, they name and Deaths ● In Local Online: www.ocregister.com goggles, watches lights that “shoot” the stars. Lottery ● News 4 MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER seem to travel with him as he “You’re like a space com- Movies ● Show 7-8 Casey Ecker, 3, is evaluated for overall inner ear function sits and twirls in a darkened mander!” Brandl tells Casey. People ● Show 2 as he sits on the lap of his mother, Heidi Brandl, of New- chamber atop his mother’s Television ● Show 6 port Beach. lap. SEE DIZZY ● PAGE 19 SEC: News DT: 07-17-2010 ZN: 1 ED: 1 PG #: 19 PG: PageH_A BY: bcronin TI: 07-16-2010 19:43 CLR: CKYM

The Orange County Register THE MORNING READ Saturday, July 17, 2010 News 19 1 DIZZY: Rotational chair medical ‘milestone’

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The rotational chair may look like an amusement- park ride, but it’s actually a sophisticated, $250,000 tool in the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo and other balance disorders. And the weekly spins are keeping Casey from bump- ing into walls or habitually falling and bruising his tiny body – behavior that, until recently, confounded his parents. Dr. Cara Makuta gets the goggles ready before the pa- The chair is one of two tient is tested in the Neuro Kinetics rotational chair. machines at the offices of a veteran Newport Beach about 65 percent. Sessions 6-year-old son. doctor of audiology who, in the chair help him retrain “I married late,” he says. when he’s not treating pa- his system, Makuta said. Meanwhile, his lifetime tients, is belting out show “I would constantly tight- patient roster has ticked tunes as a longtime commu- en my stomach when Casey past 30,000 – all visitors to nity stage actor. PHOTOS: MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER approached stairs or un- “Dizziland,” as Mango re- Whatever role he’s play- Lauara Harrison, left, the physician marketing coordinator for the Newport-Mesa Au- even areas, where he had a fers to his practice online ing, one thing’s for sure diology Balance and Ear Institute, demonstrates the Epley Omniax System. good chance of falling and (www.dizziland.com). about Dr. Howard T. Man- hurting himself,” Brandl He watches Brandl hold go: The role had better be ●●● in technology that allows tigo are common problems, says. “Since therapy, I no Casey as they both strap in- new and it had better be big The rotational chair for the diagnosis and treat- but fewer than 10 percent of longer have that tightened to the rotational chair. – or it’s not worth playing. Casey uses to improve his ment of vertigo without dizzy patients are ever eval- stomach feeling.” Then he hears her say a “If I had to do the same balance has impressed top surgery or medication. uated by a specialist like ●●● line that may or may not thing, every day, for the brass at Camp Pendleton. “As recently as five years Mango. Mango, 58, isn’t sure have come out of his mouth past 35 years, I think I Physicians at the base are ago, we still were missing Brandl says Casey was what’s next on his acting somewhere, on some stage would have shot myself a in the process of installing pieces of the puzzle,” Man- functioning at about 20 per- platter. He’s pretty busy under the bright lights: long time ago.” the machine to treat mild go says. cent overall when he start- running a medical practice “Wanna go for a spin, ●●● traumatic brain injuries The Epley chair does au- ed therapy and now is at and being a father to a Boo-Boo?” Grasping the finer details suffered by troops return- tomatically what Mango of the treatment that Man- ing from combat. and other specialists have go and his colleagues per- The showcase machine been doing for years to form at Newport Mesa Au- in Mango’s office, however, treat positional vertigo: ma- diology Balance and Ear In- is a contraption called the neuvering patients by hand stitute is enough to make an Epley Omniax – the only on a table. outsider feel, well, dizzy. one of its kind in Orange ●●● It’s easier to wonder how County and one of only 14 in Mango has never been Mango became a hearing the world, according to shy about thrusting himself specialist. He grew up in Mango. in the spotlight, on stage or New York and attended a He fired up the machine in his medical practice. few ear-splitting cultural in December. His decision to go into milestones – the Beatles The Epley chair is capa- private practice was con- concert at Shea Stadium ble of moving a patient troversial at the time be- and, later, Woodstock. through 360 degrees in any cause it then was viewed as Could there be a connec- plane and in any position unethical for audiologists to tion? relative to gravity – such as dispense hearing aids. Whatever the case, Man- upside down. No longer. go – that’s not a stage name, While moving the patient Mango has continued his folks – has made a name for in different positions, Man- maverick ways by dumping himself as a pioneer in go monitors eye - lots of money into new tech- treating hearing and bal- ments. This allows him to nology like the rotational ance disorders. When he pinpoint which area of the and Epley chairs – con- purchased a private audiol- inner ear is causing dizzi- vinced he’s not just spin- ogy practice in Newport ness, and then treat the ning his wheels. Beach in 1977, he became problem by moving the pa- Patients such as Brandl one of the first such special- tient in a different position. would agree. ists in the country. Mango characterizes the According to medical lit- And, while no one keeps Epley chair as a milestone erature, dizziness and ver- track of audiologists who have tackled roles such as New & Buy, Sell Nathan Detroit in “Guys Used & Trade and Dolls,” it’s a good bet WORLD’S LOWEST PRICES Sale $897 Sale $597 Sale $597 Used 1/2 Mango’s in select company from from from OFF there. ●●● Born full-term, Casey Ecker (his mother uses her maiden name) was late hit- ting certain growth mile- Electronic Beds Scooters Lift Chairs Stair Lifts stones such as rolling over, ElectropedicBeds.com 12557 Harbor Bl., Garden Grove sitting up and crawling. His across st. McDonald, 1 mi. N. 22 frwy speech also was delayed. Open M-F 10-5, Sa 10-4, Su 12-4 800.824.3145 When he wasn’t walking at 18 months, his parents con- sulted a pediatrician. 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