July 2009 - PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

Negative Self Beliefs

A friend of mine and I were discussing why she was depressed and how she may address it. The conversation finally boiled down to some key elements in her negative self appraisals. She believes that her depression is due to her laziness. In our conversation...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 10:03 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: behavior, beliefs, self-care, coping skills, psychoeducation, Combat Values Theory

Review of Auditory Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury

The article was informative with regards to giving a clearer picture of the growing population of veterans with hearing loss attributed to their military service. The report found that admissions for traumatic brain injury (TBI) increased 47% since the...

Published Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:01 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: hearing disorders, Reviews, TBI

Review of Progressive Audiologic Tinnitus Management

This brochure provides the fundamental principles found in Progressive Audiologic Tinnitus Management (PATM) modality to raise awareness to the practitioner and veteran clients. Only about 20% of veterans suffering from tinnitus require a clinical intervention...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 10:39 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: hearing disorders, therapy

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Veterans: Auditory Disorders from Combat

I took a class this summer on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) population because I wanted to learn about people like me. Today I started posting the first of those reviews, I hope you find some meaning and insight into the veterans mind who has suffered...

Published Mon, Jul 27 2009 4:53 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, hearing disorders

Review of Use of Mental Health Services by Veterans Disabled by Auditory Disorders

The report hypothesizes that veterans with auditory disorders would use Veterans Administration (VA) mental health facilities less due to communication difficulties. The initial results found that disabled veterans with hearing issues had used VA mental...

Published Thu, Jul 30 2009 10:03 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, hearing disorders, Reviews

Review of Knowledge and Attitude of Infantry Soldiers to Hearing Conservation

The article presented a clear and concise measure of the attitudes among combat arms soldiers. The message was that soldiers were ignorant of Hearing Conservation Programs (HCP) in the British army. With noise levels of 90 decibels (dB) were enough to...

Published Mon, Jul 27 2009 10:36 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: hearing disorders, Reviews

Review of The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The author of this article explains the evidence for connections between tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In the initial paragraph he lists several articles that support a co-occurring relationship and related neural mechanisms. The...

Published Tue, Jul 28 2009 9:19 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: hearing disorders, Reviews

Catch Me Live on KFJC 89.7

Check this out, I have been invited to do a a Radio Show at KFJC 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills California. I believe it will a live on the air interview at 7-7:30pm California time and 10-10:30pm Kentucky time. I will be discussing the difficulties our soldiers...

Published Wed, Jul 22 2009 7:49 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Interviews

Where Seconds Become Days and Hours Become Eternity

I received this comment today on a post about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment from an anonymous reader. As always I welcome all questions, negative or otherwise. It seems that the commenter has some grieving to do and to...

Published Thu, Jul 23 2009 9:07 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: defensive mechanism, EMDR, dissociative spectrum

Unconscious Scripts & Self Defeating Behaviors

This posting expounds more on my last article from July 10, 2009. There might be more on this subject coming soon. We all have unconscious scripts that we operate from originating in our childhood; from friends, family, community, culture and nation....

Published Sat, Jul 11 2009 5:22 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: social skills, behavior, beliefs, self-care

Review of Blast-Related Ear Injury in Current United States Military Operations: Role of Audiologists on the Interdisciplinary Team

The article opens up with the author, Col. Chandler breaking down the statistics of blast-related inquiries and how they affect the soldier and the history of combat wounded, survivability and the latest advances in armor protective gear and medical advances...

Published Mon, Jul 27 2009 7:58 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: hearing disorders, Reviews

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Negative Self Beliefs

Review of Auditory Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury

Review of Progressive Audiologic Tinnitus Management

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Veterans: Auditory Disorders from Combat

Review of Use of Mental Health Services by Veterans Disabled by Auditory Disorders

Review of Knowledge and Attitude of Infantry Soldiers to Hearing Conservation

Review of The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Catch Me Live on KFJC 89.7

Where Seconds Become Days and Hours Become Eternity

Unconscious Scripts & Self Defeating Behaviors

Review of Blast-Related Ear Injury in Current United States Military Operations: Role of Audiologists on the Interdisciplinary Team