Associations Between Football-Related Head Injuries, Tinnitus, and Neuropsychological Outcomes in Professional American Football Players
This cross-sectional study of 1,085 former professional American football players examined whether concussion history associates with tinnitus and whether tinnitus mediates relationships between head injury exposure and mental health outcomes. Greater concussion symptom history was significantly associated with increased odds of tinnitus, with implications for understanding post-TBI auditory and neurobehavioral complications.