By the Numbers: 13 August 2018
23%
The percentage of a cohort of 570,248 "deployed Post-9/11 Veterans" who "had at least one diagnosis of sensory dysfunction" (i.e., auditory, visual, vestibular, chemosensory and multiple sensory problems), according to an article recently published online by the journal Brain Injury -- Sensory dysfunction and traumatic brain injury severity among deployed post-9/11 veterans: a chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium study.
In the multinomial regression analysis, the odds of all types of sensory dysfunction were greater among those with any TBI relative to those with no TBI. The odds for auditory or multisensory problems were higher among those that indicated exposure to blast. In particular, exposure to quaternary blast injury (e.g. crush, respiratory and burn injuries) was associated with increased odds for auditory, visual, vestibular and multisensory problems.
23%
The percentage of a cohort of 570,248 "deployed Post-9/11 Veterans" who "had at least one diagnosis of sensory dysfunction" (i.e., auditory, visual, vestibular, chemosensory and multiple sensory problems), according to an article recently published online by the journal Brain Injury -- Sensory dysfunction and traumatic brain injury severity among deployed post-9/11 veterans: a chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium study.
In the multinomial regression analysis, the odds of all types of sensory dysfunction were greater among those with any TBI relative to those with no TBI. The odds for auditory or multisensory problems were higher among those that indicated exposure to blast. In particular, exposure to quaternary blast injury (e.g. crush, respiratory and burn injuries) was associated with increased odds for auditory, visual, vestibular and multisensory problems.