Cognitive Deficits

Cognitive Deficits

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One of the most traumatic harms a person can experience is a brain injury. Modern medicine only understands some of what the brain is capable of and how it works, making healing it incredibly difficult. Cognitive deficits, or cognitive impairments, are problems with an individual’s mental processes. Highly traumatic car accidents, for example, can cause enough damage to the brain to affect:

  • Attention
  • Decision making
  • Knowledge
  • Judgement
  • Language
  • Memory
  • Perception
  • Reasoning
  • Planning

Long-Term Effects

One type of cognitive deficit arising from brain injury is aphasia, or language loss. A person with brain trauma might not understand what other people are saying, or he or she might be able to comprehend speech and unable to speak or write the words down. This damage can be incredibly frustrating, as it makes it difficult for a patient to communicate with friends, loved ones, and physicians. It also makes it nearly impossible to return to work right away. A speech pathologist can work with brain-damaged individuals to teach them how to speak, but this process takes an incredible amount of time and patience. Those who suffer such damage would have to go on long-term disability in order to cope with wage loss and continuous medical care.

Another cognitive deficit a person could develop is impairment in visual-perceptual skills. The part of the brain that used to distinguish and make sense of objects could be damaged in an accident. If a person made a living as an athlete, for example, severe brain damage could prevent them from distinguishing a ball from an elbow. Or, if they have visual neglect, they could only be seeing half of the ball at a time. Because so many jobs rely on visual cues, this might prevent a person with this deficit from working a regular job.

Hire a Proven Personal Injury Attorney

People with cognitive deficits need time and medical care to heal from their injuries. If a person caused your accident, their insurance should have to pay some of your costs. If a company’s neglect contributed to your brain trauma, its workers’ comp needs to cover your lost wages.

Call us at (312) 888-8700 or fill out our online form for a free case consultation. Let our experienced Chicago personal injury attorneys fight for your right to a secure future.

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