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TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY LAWYERS

Injuries involving some type of blow to the head - which are often caused through no fault of the victim - are among the most common in our society. Head injuries can range from relatively minor damage to the scalp and face such as lacerations, abrasions, and bruising; to more serious consequences involving damage to the brain. Traumatic brain injury, closed or open head injury and brain damage are terms that generally refer to injury to the brain. There are two major types of head injury: open head injury, or a closed head injury. An open head injury results from direct penetration of the skull, such as a bullet wound. Penetrating injuries often require surgery to remove the violating object or debris from the brain tissue. The initial injury itself may cause immediate death.


  

While traumatic brain injury, or "TBI" most often results from blunt trauma to the head, this type of injury can also occur without direct impact to the skull. This type of injury is described as a "closed" head injury, i.e., an injury that does not result in penetration of the skull. Situations resulting in abrupt and dramatic "acceleration/deceleration," typically associated with "whiplash," can also bring about the same conditions and symptoms resulting from blunt trauma to the head. Acceleration/deceleration refers to any situation where the head is caused to move with enough speed or force to cause the brain to come in contact with the inside of the skull, creating rotation of the brain within the skull. The impact between the brain and the inside of the skull often results in damage to the brain, including bruising, bleeding and tearing of the membranes and tissue that comprise the brain.

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  The following is a list of the various regions of the brain, and the functions controlled by the respective region:    

CEREBRAL CORTEX

Parietal Lobe:
near the back and top of the head.


Functions:

  • Location for visual attention.
  • Location for touch perception.
  • Goal directed voluntary movements.
  • Manipulation of objects.
  • Integration of different senses that allows for understanding a single concept.

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Observed Problems:

  • Inability to attend to more than one object at a time.
  • Inability to name an object.
  • Inability to locate the words for writing.
  • Problems with reading.
  • Difficulty with drawing objects.
  • Difficulty in distinguishing left from right.
  • Difficulty with doing mathematics.
  • Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space that leads to difficulties in self-care.
  • Inability to focus visual attention
  • Difficulties with eye and hand coordination.