University of Florida
Traumatic brain injury, a common injury in military service personnel, often leads to poor processing of speech in noisy environments. The goal of the current study is to better understand the brain basis for this difficulty and evaluate a new approach to improving speech in noise perception.
Inclusion Criteria: * 25-55 years old * Proficiency in English * TBI group: history of traumatic brain injury by blast or physical trauma * Normal hearing group: no history of traumatic brain injury Exclusion Criteria: * Other neurological diseases or related conditions will be excluded (e.g., large vessel stroke, seizures). We will exclude patients with severe medical diseases that may be associated with impaired cognition (e.g., heart failure, dialysis dependent kidney disease, brain cancer). Further, psychiatric diseases that are unlikely to be related to trauma will be excluded (e.g., s…
Electrical stimulation applied to the cymba conchae region of the outer ear
Electrical stimulation applied to the earlobe region of the outer ear
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