All posts tagged 'TBI'

Learning with Brain Injury: Kinetic Learning Helps TBI

Posted on June 6th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Learning with Brain Injury: Michael Part Sixteen Michael elaborates on  how learning with brain injury is different than before his traumatic brain injury. Let‘s focus on the process of learning with brain injury. You have 202 credits and the majority of those would have been after you got hurt, correct?..
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TBI Magnified Learning Disability For College Student

Posted on June 4th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Magnified Learning Disability: Michael Part Fifteen Michael was getting accommodations at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh for dyslexia before he got hurt. But the TBI magnified learning disability has made it more difficult than before the brain injury. These are issues that you had before you got hurt..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Temper Sets Off Frustrations

Posted on May 30th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Traumatic Brain Injury Temper Issues: Michael Part Thirteen Michael talks about the problems he encountered with Traumatic Brain Injury Temper issues and how it effected his past relationships. What other issues did you have with your friends in Louisville? These other friends that I had in Louisville, the biggest one..
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Pet Companion: Dog Critical Companion for TBI Recovery

Posted on May 24th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Pet Companion for TBI Recovery: Michael Part Eleven Michael talks about how important his pet companion, his dog Little Bit,  was during his recovery from traumatic brain injury.   Talk to me a bit more about what your parents did in terms of that first year after you got out of..
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Speech Problems Post TBI: Hesitant Speech

Posted on May 23rd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Speech Problems Post TBI: Michael Part Ten Michael talks about the kind of speech problems post TBI that have effected him in having conversations. He has somewhat of a stutter when he gets over excited. What speech problems post TBI do you have with conversation?  Well, if I get over excited..
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Distractions After TBI: Dealing with Noise and Distractions

Posted on May 22nd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Distractions After TBI: Michael Part Nine Noises can also set off seizure activity.  But Michael has more cognitive problems with noise and other distractions after TBI. Micheal Discusses the Type of Distractions After TBI that Bother Him What about noises and other distractions after TBI?   For example, the backup alarm..
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Post TBI Vision Problems Due to Brain Injury

Posted on May 18th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Post TBI Vision Problems: Part Seven One of the often missed symptoms of brain injury are post TBI vision problems.  While those surviving a severe brain injury, like Michael may get diagnosis of this problem, they can occur even in milder cases.  Post TBI vision problems can come from an..
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TBI May Be Under-Reported, According To Mayo Clinic Study

Posted on February 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be a extraordinarily difficult condition to rebound from. And now there’s a report that a lot more people may be suffering from TBI than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates.   Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are the one who have raised..
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NIH to Build a Central Database on Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on August 29th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The NHI will partner with the Department of Defense to build a database will enable experts in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TBI.  The central repository will include new data, current databases and will allow for study comparisons.  The DoD involvement is crucial due to vast number of combat..
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Bicycle Helmet-Wearing Former NFL Quarterback Spared Head Injury

Posted on August 2nd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

If you think wearing a bicycle helmet is for wimps, think again. Joey Harrington, a 33 year old former National Football League quarterback, was struck from behind by a driver of an SUV while riding a bike. On Sunday, July 31st, 2011, Harrington was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries including..
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