Auditory and vestibular dysfunction associated with blast-related traumatic brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-810

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

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

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory dysfunction; Blast; Central auditory processing; Hearing loss; Polytrauma; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Tinnitus; Traumatic brain injury; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY PROCESSING; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; HEALTH ISSUES; HEARING LOSS; INDIVIDUAL SERVICE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NEURONAL LOSS; POLYTRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION STRATEGY; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

AUDITION; BRAIN; PATIENT REHABILITATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LOSS PREVENTION;

AGENTS ACTING ON THE AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BLAST INJURY; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA INJURY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR INJURY; EAR PROTECTION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INNER EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NOISE INJURY; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOSCOPY; OTOTOXICITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; TINNITUS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VETERANS;

EID: 73349142298     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.09.0118     Document Type: Article

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