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Cerebral Palsy and Other Traumatic Brain Injuries

vision. They can create a constant ringing sound in a person’s ears. An injury to the brain can change how a person feels and behaves. It can make someone depressed, anxious, irritable, impulsive, or aggressive. Brain injuries have many different causes. A brain injury may occur before a person is even born, very late in a person’s life, or at any time in between. Some injuries may have effects that are temporary, or they may cause very little impairment in a person’s ability to function. On the other end of the scale, very severe brain injuries can completely disable or even kill a person. Brain injuries of all kinds are surprisingly common, especially in kids. Some kinds of brain damage are caused by something that goes wrong while a

Brain injuries can happen at any age; young athletes can be especially vulnerable.

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