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Study Shows Children With Traumatic Brain Injuries Suffer Long-Term Cognitive Consequences

The medical science community continues to study the troubling issue of traumatic brain injuries like never before.  This is particularly true of traumatic brain injuries suffered by children, and a recently completed study regarding the potential long-term effects of a traumatic brain injury on young people revealed some troubling conclusions with regards to how long the effects of such an injury can last.

According to research conducted by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, children who suffer a traumatic brain injury can also suffer cognitive effects of that injury for a decade after the injury is inflicted.  Previous research had indicated that these cognitive difficulties lasted for approximately five years.  However, the study also found that if the child is provided with a supportive environment by their families and their medical care providers, their cognitive deficiencies in terms of development can be improved over time.

Traumatic Brain Injury Statistics

While the conclusion of this study on its face is not necessarily positive, it does shed more light on the extreme damage that’s done when a child suffers a traumatic brain injury.  It also should tell anyone who is concerned with this issue that efforts to lower the overall statistics regarding traumatic brain injuries should continue to be made.  Every year in the United States, more than 50,000 people are killed because of traumatic brain injuries and hundreds of thousands more must live with long-term disabilities.

Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers

If a child suffers a traumatic brain injury in one of the common ways that’s been recorded, such as in a car accident, that child can face an extremely difficult road back to recovery, as the study above concludes.  Therefore, the parents of a child who has been injured in this manner because of negligence could file a traumatic brain injury lawsuit in response that pursues compensation for the necessary treatments.

If you or someone you love has been harmed in this manner, you need to seek the help of traumatic brain injury lawyers who have been fighting for the rights of the injured for many years.  Contact the Scarlett Law Group today to schedule a free initial consultation.
 
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