Takeaway
Vestibular cognitive deficit in acute traumatic brain injury is linked to impaired balance due to the altered white matter microstructure.
Why this matters
These novel findings are the first quantitative demonstration of a vestibular cognitive deficit in acute traumatic brain injury and the first to connect this clinical finding with reduced balance due to white matter microstructural changes. These findings could help to increase clinical recognition, and therefore appropriate treatment of, common vestibular diagnoses in acute brain injury.