TBI Research

Publications and Presentations

Publications

Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2022). Words vs. Pictures: Bilingual Performance on Verbal and Pictorial Measures of Executive Functions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: 65(3) 1087-1103. DOI:10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00317


Ratiu ,I., Whiting, M., Murnion, L., Fissel, S., & Azuma, T. (2022)  'Now You Hear Me, Now You Don’t: The Impact of Mild 

Traumatic Brain Injury and Auditory Distraction on Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, and Memory. Journal of Communication Disorders, 96, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106197


Ratiu, I., & Azuma, T. (2019). Assessment of Executive Function in Bilingual Adults with History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Brain Impairment, 21(1), 32-46. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2019.17

 

*Gallagher, K., & Azuma, T. (2018). Analysis of Story Recall in Military Veterans with and without mTBI: Preliminary Results. 

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27, 485-494. DOI: 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0208


*Ratiu, I., & Azuma, T. (2016). Language Control in Bilingual Adults with and without History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain 

and Language, 166: 29-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2016.12.004


*Slovarp, L. J., Azuma, T., & LaPointe, L. (2012). The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Sustained Attention and Working 

Memory. Brain Injury, 26, 48-57. doi:10.3109/02699052.2011.635355

Presentations

Ratiu, I., & Azuma, T. (2023). Reading and Executive Function Performance in Bilinguals with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury using 

Novel Eye Tracking. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. San Francisco, CA. November 2023.


Ratiu, I., & Azuma, T. (2020). Examining Executive Function and Language Control in Bilinguals with a History of Mild Traumatic 

Brain Injury, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. November 2020.

 

*Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2020). Executive Function and Language Control in Bilinguals with a History of Mild Traumatic Brain 

Injury. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. November 2020.


*Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2020). Language and Communication Deficits in Monolingual and Bilinguals with History of Mild 

Traumatic Brain Injury. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).


Gallagher, K., Azuma, T., Ingram, K., & Bacon, C. (2019). Complex Verbal Working Memory in Military Veterans with and without 

mTBI. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY. February 2019.


*Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2018). The Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Bilingual Cognitive & Language Control. Oral 

presentation given at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA. November 2018.                                 

*Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2018). Self-Awareness & Academic Challenges in College Students With History of Mild Traumatic 

Brain Injury. Oral Presentation given at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA.

     November 2018.


*Alateeq, H., & Azuma, T. (2017). Working Memory & Executive Function in Bilinguals With & Without History of Traumatic Brain 

Injury. Poster presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Los Angeles, CA. November 2017.

 

Azuma, T., *Gallagher, K., & *Tully, K. (2017). Serial Updating Task Performance in Veterans With & Without History of Mild 

Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation given at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Los Angeles, CA. November 2017.


Ratiu, I., Murnion, L., Fissel, S., & Azuma, T. (2017). Eye Movements and Reading Comprehension in Individuals with Mild 

Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.  Vancouver, Canada. 

November 2017.

 

*Gallagher, K., & Azuma, T. (2017). Self-Report of Cognitive and Anxiety Symptoms in Military Veteran and Non-veteran College 

Students with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the 2017 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological

Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Summit - Advances in the State of the Science and Best Practices. September 2017.

 

Azuma, T., & *Gallagher, K. (2017). Self-Report of Cognitive and Anxiety Symptoms in Military Veterans and Non-Veterans with 

and without Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation at the International Communication Disorders Conference. Orange, CA. January 2017.


*Gallagher, K. & Azuma, T. (2016). Memory & mTBI: Narrative Recall in Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation 

given at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Philadelphia, PA.  November 2016.

 

*Gallagher, K. & Azuma, T. (2016). Analysis of Story Recall in Military Veterans with and without mTBI: Preliminary Results. 

Presentation at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Charlottesville, VA. May 2016.


Azuma, T. (March 2016). ASU Origins of Pattern Processing Workshop. “Thought Interrupted: Higher Order Cognition and the 

Damaged Brain.” Tempe, Arizona.

 

Azuma, T. (January 2016). Arizona State University – Barrow Neurological Institute Neuroscience Research Symposium. 

“Understanding Memory Deficits in Special Populations.” Phoenix, Arizona.


*Gallagher, K., Azuma, T., & Ingram, K. (2015). Military Culture & Clinical Challenges: The Assessment of Military Veterans With 

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Denver,

Colorado. November 2015.


*Gallagher, K., Azuma, T., & Ingram, K. (2015). Military Veteran Students With mTBI: Does Symptom Self-Report Predict Their 

Academic Success? Poster presented at  Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Denver, Colorado. November 2015.

 

*Ratiu. I, & Azuma, T. (2015). Executive Function & Language Control in Bilinguals With mTBI. Presentation at the Annual 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Denver, Colorado. November 2015.

 

*Pittenger, K., Azuma, T., & Ingram, K. (2014). Memory Performance in Military Veteran & Non-Veteran College Students: 

Preliminary Results.  Poster presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Orlando, 

Florida. November 2014.