Combat and sport require individuals to be ready for successful completion of the task at hand. Cognitive readiness and attention may be impaired for many reasons, including concussion or subconcussive injury, insufficient sleep, fatigue, or any other disruption or deviation of baseline physiology....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiologists; this is a protocol paper for guideline development in a military/sports cognitive-readiness context with minimal direct audiology relevance.
Guidelines on rapid cognitive restoration in combat and sport contexts may intersect with audiology when hearing loss, concussion, or blast exposure underlies impaired readiness.
- 01This is a protocol paper describing how clinical guidelines will be developed, not the guidelines themselves.
- 02The focus is on rapid restoration of cognitive readiness and attention in military and sport settings.
- 03Multiple causes of cognitive impairment are addressed, potentially including blast-related hearing and balance disorders.
- 04No clinical recommendations have yet been issued from this protocol.
- 05Audiology relevance is indirect, primarily through comorbid blast injury and concussion pathways.
- PMID
- 42592565
- DOI
- 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000274.
- Journal
- Neurosurgical Practice
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- na
- Population
- Combat personnel and athletes at risk for cognitive impairment
- Intervention
- Guideline development protocol for rapid cognitive readiness restoration
Primary outcomes
Development of evidence-based guidelines for rapid cognitive readiness restoration