Listening for Stress in new test

Special Segment: Listening for Stress
Monday, November 16, 2009

Ravi Baichwal
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November 15, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Veterans returning from war have experienced things that many others can't even imagine.

Now, new technology might help to detect wounds that are deep beneath the surface.

"It happened so quickly," said Daniel Casara, whose first tour of duty in Iraq in 2005 only lasted three weeks because it was cut short by a bomb hidden in the road.

"The explosion itself, it's almost like a car accident that you don't see," Casara told ABC7 Chicago.

The blast flipped his vehicle, killing two of his fellow soldiers and crushing his legs. But Casara says some of his and his fellow soldiers' deepest wounds were hidden from view.

"These are images that you just can't get out of your head," he said.

Casara says he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. He also says he had trouble sleeping and was anxious and flustered after the attack.
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