Head and Brain Trauma Injuries

Our brain is protected by the skull, which provides the brain with protection from most injuries. While most head injuries are minor, brain injury can be serious and potentially disabling. Persons with severe brain injury often have problems with mental and physical functioning and may require on-going medical supervision.

Head injuries can result in:

• Impaired memory
• Headaches / chronic pain
• Seizures
• Dizziness / impaired balance
• Ringing in the ears and loss of hearing
• Impaired attention span
• Impaired or double vision
• Loss of smell and taste
• Difficulty with speech
• Disruption of normal thinking process
• Lack of energy / irritability
• Loss of function can lead to depression