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  Exploring the Effects of Hormones on the Vestibular Structure and Traumatic Brain Injuries Due to the influx of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), researchers have begun to analyze their long and short term effects, primarily vestibular dysregulation and dysfunction. Dr. Foecking, in order to articulate the complex interplay between the vestibular sense and hormone levels, notes a new solution to many patient’s problems. This solution is primarily hormone focused; testosterone implementation. Foecking executed a closed-head study on rats by stimulating TBI, castrating, and then further implementing testosterone into her subjects before testing the vestibular sense using various tests including the hanging reflex and air righting reflex tests (Foecking et al., 2022).  A similar article, done by Khitai titled "Hormones and Vestibular Disorders: The Quest for Biomarkers" aims to prove a connection between vestibular function and hormone levels, therefore, it correlates heavily to