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Pfc. Thomas Icenogle, a student in the Army’s Combat Medic Specialist Training Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, conducts a Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2 (MACE 2) on Pvt. Alejandro Leija, while Pvt. Dominic Dubois refers to the MACE 2 card. (Photo: Lisa Braun, Medical Education and Training Campus Public Affairs)
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Immediate testing: How the military evaluates risk for brain injuries

The United States military uses a standardized assessment tool to quickly evaluate for possible concussion.
Study team members from Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and the Hearing Center of Excellence conduct pre-exposure auditory testing on Marines during an Integrated Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California in January 2020. The CHASMPAS study is working to better understand noise-induced hearing loss by collecting audiometric data before and after noise exposure (Photo by: Quintin Hecht).
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Military researchers gain new insights into brain injuries

Military researchers have recently found that headache, dizziness and cognitive dysfunction occur far more frequently among military personnel with mild traumatic brain injury than in those without injury.