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Background. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is an inner ear disease that affects especially elderly people, being a common cause of dizziness at this age. The condition is diagnosed using the DixHallpike maneuver and treated by the particle repositioning maneuver. Objective. To establish whether there is any difference between BPPV at old ages compared to BPPV in younger people. Method. A comparative study between two groups of patients diagnosed with BPPV; one group with ages 65-85 and another group with ages 35- 65. All patients were assessed by physical examination including the Dix-Hallpike maneuver. We used as a treatment maneuver the particle repositioning maneuver, Epley. Results. No major differences were found between the two age groups concerning the clinical characteristics and the response to treatment.