autophony

A ‘Complicated and Special’ Case

In June 2010, I stepped off a plane in Los Angeles with a painfully full left ear, muffled hearing, throbbing eyes, vertigo, and a migraine. I also got off that plane with no idea I would straddle the line between a nondisabled and disabled identity for the rest of my life.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Auditory Quality of Life Even With Typical Hearing Thresholds

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide. There are an estimated 3.2 to 5.3 million individuals in the United States who are living with a TBI-related disability, and the estimated societal cost is in excess of $76 billion per year.

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