LING 1P93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Abusive Head Trauma, Focal And Diffuse Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury
14 Jun 2016
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Chi (closed head injury) most common in: infants and children. Mvas: youth and young adults (15-24 yrs) Identifying features (open head injury: can see more focal brain damage, recovery can be better than chi, but depends primarily on: Extent of injury (e. g. , explosives vs. gunshot) Site of damage (e. g. , language centres affected or not) Ohi most common among: youth and young adults (15-24 yrs) Gunshot wounds: adults in military gunshot wounds artillery fire. Coma scales used initially by emergency personnel to assess person"s level of consciousness (e. g, glasgow coma scale) Rehabilitation personnel often use other scales (e. g. , rancho los amigos, Sense stimulated to encourage increased level off consciousness. Conducted by health care personnel and family. Often conducted by teams of rehabilitation professionals (e. g. , Scales (e. g. , rancho los amigos, functional assessment measure. Standardized tests (e. g. , brief test of head injury) Standardized tests (e. g. , functional assessment of verbal reasoning and. Topic maintenance and other social interaction skills.
