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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a major public health issue in Texas. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 144,000 Texas sustain a traumatic brain injury each year, one every 4 minutes. More than 381,000 Texans are living with TBI disability and more than 5,700 are permanently disabled by TBI each year. The prevalence of disability from TBI is greater than from AIDS, Alzheimer's, stroke, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury.
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Essentially, Traumatic Brain Injury or Acquired Brain Injury is an insult to the brain, such as a blow to the head, stroke, or neurological dysfunction. The insult can produce cognitive, sensory or physical impairments; most are amenable to rehabilitation. The following is a list of symptoms of visual problems which can result from brain injuries:
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Traumatic Brain Injury can have a significant impact on classroom performance and may affect cognitive, social, physical and psychological functioning which can vary from being quite severe or to being quite mild depending on the amount of damage. TBI usually results from accidents or from a blow to the head. TBI isn't used for a person born with a brain injury or injured during birth. For the most part, every brain injury is different as the part of the brain involved in the injury may vary. Many children will have lifelong disabilities as a direct result of TBI.
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)... known as intra-cranial injury, occurs when brain damage is caused by sudden trauma. One of two subsets of acquired brain injury (ABI), TBI includes two types of resulting head injuries: a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. A closed head injury occurs when the head suddenly and violently hits an object which does not break through the skull but the skull is pierced by an object which then enters brain tissue in a penetrating head injury.
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A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is often associated with a physical impairment... the more problematic effects of TBI often involve the individual's cognition, emotional functioning, and behavior. These impact interpersonal relationships, school, and work. The physical, cognitive, and behavioral consequences of TBI can have long-term effects on the victim and their family.
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The role of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Steering Committee is to act as the working group of the Advisory Board. The Steering Committee is composed of TBI Program Staff and Advisory Board members from the Department of Health-Division of Children with Special Health Needs, Brain Injury Association of Vermont, Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL), Vermont Protection and Advocacy, and an individual with TBI.
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