Autonomic neuropathies may occur primarily or secondarily to various underlying diseases. Primary autonomic neuropathies are divided into pure autonomic neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy with sensory impairment, and autonomic neuropathy with sensory and motor impairment based on the concomitance or absence of sensory or motor dysfunctions. Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy refers to a pure aut...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of self-reported rates of auditory, visual, and dual sensory impairment (DSI) in Afghanistan and Iraq war Veterans receiving traumatic brain injury (TBI) evaluations. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-six thousand nine hundred nineteen Veterans who received a TBI evaluation between October 2007 and June 2009. Final sample inc...

PURPOSE Previous research on psychosocial adaptation of sensory-impaired older adults has focused mainly on only one sensory modality and on a limited number of successful aging outcomes. We considered a broad range of successful aging indicators and compared older adults with vision impairment, hearing impairment, and dual sensory impairments and without sensory impairment. DESIGN AND METHOD...

OBJECTIVE To present a model for autism showing that impairment of sensory and self-regulation is the core deficit that underlies delays in social/language skills and abnormal behavior in autism; and to demonstrate the efficacy of a treatment for autism based on Chinese medicine. METHODS Children with autism under 6 years of age were assigned to treatment or wait-list conditions. A total of 1...

2 groups of children with phenylketonuria, those with a history of early sensory restriction or isolation and those without, were compared on measures of (a) interpersonal behavior, (b) language comprehension, (c) intelligence, and (d) incidence and severity of personality disturbances. The findings, discussed in the context of sensory-deprivation and sensory-restriction research, supported the...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between sensory impairment and suicide ideation among elderly Koreans. METHODS Data from the 2010-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V was used. Participants included 3636 older adults (≥65 years) who received hearing and vision tests; participants also completed assessments of covari...