Archive for January, 2011

USA Hockey May Impose Penalties For Head, Neck Contact

Posted on January 30th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

USA Hockey is considering making it a penalty for young players to make contact to another player’s head or neck, according to The New York Times. The amateur hockey organization is also weighing whether to ban body checking for boys younger than 13, the Times reported. The way rules stand now, ”there is..
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Never Giving Up After Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Betty Never Giving Up: Betty Part Twelve Dealing with the grief for what is lost and finding a way to see the hope. Never giving up  is perhaps the biggest challenge for any brain injury survivor.  Says Betty: If I..
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Maximum Recovery from TBI Requires a Lifetime of Care

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 11 of 12 in the series Betty Maximum Recovery: Betty Part Eleven One of the consistent themes of TBI Voices will always be maximum recovery of  brain injury does not get better in a month, a year, but requires a lifetime of care commitment to improving. ..
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Dating and Relationships After Brain Injury

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series Betty Dating and Relationships: Betty Part Ten Betty’s relative success in regaining her adulthood is verified by the long term marriage she is a part of. But to go from college girl to rehab to the dating scene is a..
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Frontal Lobe Challenges After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series Betty Frontal Lobe Challenges: Betty Part Nine Impulsivity as one of Frontal Lobe Challenges: Betty, like most severely brain injured survivors has frontal lobe challenges with impulsivity and impolitic speech.  She just doesn’t know quite when not to express exactly..
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Executive Functioning and Frontal Lobe Challenges After Coma

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series Betty Executive Functioning: Betty Part Eight Betty suffered a subdural hematoma in her frontal lobe injury, requiring brain surgery.  It is in her frontal lobe functioning that she shows the most significant ongoing deficits with her executive functioning.   Her..
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Cognitive Challenges: Sequencing, Staying on Task, Topic

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series Betty Cognitive Challenges: Betty Part Seven Those who don’t know much about brain injury are often surprised at how “normal” someone with a brain injury may be and are not aware of the cognitive challenges of the brain injured.  Only..
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Returning to Work After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Betty Returning to Work : Betty Part Six: Returning to work for Betty involved reeducating herself. Betty received intensive vocational rehabilitation for nine months, which included more work with a speech pathologist and enrollment in a dental assisting program, even..
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Speech Therapy for Brain Injury and Occupational Therapy

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Betty Speech Therapy for Brain Injury: Betty Part Five Perhaps because historically the speech therapy for brain injury issues after brain damage were among the most obvious, much of the hardcore cognitive rehabilitation after severe brain injury falls into the..
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Brain Injury Physical Disability Comes with Severe Brain Injury

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Betty Brain Injury Physical Disability: Betty Part Four Brain injury physical disability can come from severe brain injury.  Brain injury,  brain damage is thought of as a thinking disorder, a problem which effects memory, concentration. But the brain controls everything..
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