Hearing impairment and traumatic brain injury among soldiers: Special considerations for the audiologist

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-27

  Myers, Paula J ^a   Wilmington, Debra J ^b,c   Gallun, Frederick J ^b,c   Henry, James A ^b,c   Fausti, Stephen A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory dysfunction; Central auditory processing disorders; Polytrauma; Tinnitus; Traumatic brain injury; Vestibular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLAST INJURY; BOMB; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIZZINESS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FATIGUE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OTOSCOPY; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOLDIER; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 67749137303     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1111103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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