Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Causes

Cognitive Consequences Can include:

• Short-term memory loss; long term memory loss
• Slowed ability to process information
• Trouble concentrating or paying attention for periods of time
• Difficulty keeping up with a conversation; other communication difficulties such as word finding problems
• Spatial disorientation
• Organizational problems and impaired judgment
• Unable to do more than one thing at a time
• A lack of initiating activities, or once started, difficulty in completing tasks without reminders

Physical Consequences Can Include:

• Seizures of all types
• Muscle spasticity
• Double vision or low vision, even blindness
• Loss of smell or taste
• Speech impairments such as slow or slurred speech
• Headaches or migraines
• Fatigue, increased need for sleep
• Balanced problems

Emotional Consequences Can Include:

• Increased anxiety
• Depression and mood swings
• Impulsive behavior
• More easily agitated
• Egocentric behaviors; difficulty seeing how behaviors can affect others