Symptoms/Functional Impairment of Brain Injury

Hemiparesis

Muscular weakness on one side of the body (the side opposite to the brain damage) that may affect the arm, torso and/or leg.

Aphasia

A language disorder that can affect expressive language and/or receptive language

Dysphagia

Difficulty with swallowing

Post traumatic amnesia

memory loss following trauma to the brain that is usually a combination of retrograde (inability to recall the past events) and anterograde (inability to recall recent events) amnesia

Broca's aphasia

a language disorder resulting from damage to Broca's area, characterized primarily by difficulty formulating messages (expressive language impairment)

Wernicke's aphasia

a language disorder resulting from damage to Wernicke's area, characterized primarily by difficulty comprehending language (receptive language impairment)

Locked-in syndrome

The individual is aware and capable of thinking but is paralyzed and cannot communicate; typically the result of brain stem stroke/injury/pathology

Cortical blindness

loss of vision due to bilateral damage to the vision centers in the occipital lobes