Symptoms/Functional Impairment of Brain Injury pt.2

Dysarthria

This is a motor speech disorder in which speech is difficult to understand because the muscles of the mouth are weak.

Diplopia

Double vision caused by weakness in the muscles of one eyeball.

hemispatial neglect

Decreased awareness and attention to one side (typically the left) of the environment and body; visual imagery is incomplete as well.

Cognitive Dysfunction

Difficulty with thinking skills, memory, attention, problem solving.

Spasticity

Increased muscle tone/contraction that impairs functional movement in the muscle groups that are affected.

Ataxia

decreased muscle coordination and poor balance due to damage to the cerebellum

Agnosia

the inability to recognize familiar objects, sounds, faces, symbols

language of confusion

conversational content associated with transient confusional states associated with TBI