Updating and refining prevalence rates of traumatic brain injury-related communication disorders among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: A Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study
Norman R., Swan A., Jenkins, A. Amuan, M., Pugh M.J. (2020) Updating and refining prevalence rates of traumatic brain injury-related communication disorders among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: A Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Perspectives of the American-Speech Hearing Special Interests Groups Journal.
Abstract
Purpose: To describe the prevalence of communication
disorders in a cohort of 84,377 deployed post-9/11 veterans
stratified by blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) exposure.
Secondary aim was to evaluate the association between
postconcussion symptoms, such as posttraumatic stress
disorder, depression, anxiety, insomnia, pain, headache,
substance use disorder, and auditory problems, among
veterans with and without a communication disorder diagnosis.