This position paper, prepared by the Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinical Trails
Research Group, describes communication and swallowing disorders associated with blast …

Purpose: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) following exposure to a blast is the signature
injury of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The …

Speech-language pathologists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech,
language, social communication, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders in …

Military activity often has been the impetus for advances in medical care and rehabilitation,
including assessment and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Speech-language …

Combat exposures to blast can result in both peripheral damage to the ears and eyes and
central damage to the auditory and visual processing areas in the brain. The functional …

The dramatic escalation of blast exposure in military deployments has created an
unprecedented amount of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated auditory impairment …

Vast numbers of blast-injured Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring
Freedom/Operation New Dawn personnel report postconcussive symptoms that include …

Blast injuries are not confined to soldiers in combat overseas. In April 1995, the Murrah
federal building in Oklahoma City was nearly destroyed in the heart of the city after a …

Blast exposure is a major source of injury among Service members in the Iraq and
Afghanistan conflicts. Many of these blast-exposed veterans report hearing-related problems …

Effective communication is essential for successful rehabilitation, especially in patients with
traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors examined the prevalence and characteristics of …