Brain Injury Analysis

When posed with the question of what to give up due to a brain injury my first instinct is to try and find an area of the brain that performs the least amount of functions or allows me the greatest ability to be mentally present and as little of a burden to my family as possible. I considered the cerebellum since I knew that I wanted to maintain the ability to process thoughts and be coherent but the physical handicap’s that would result from an injury in that area dissuaded me. Since I have a family it is important for me to be as much of an active part of their lives for as long as I can. After researching a bit more I decided that should I ever be in a horrific car accident I will need to try and position my head so the impact will be received …show more content…
Learning sign language would allow communication with other deaf persons. The damage could lead to only partial hearing loss. While this sounds better the key point to remember is that this is not hearing loss or damage due to an ear injury this part of the brain controls how the sounds are interpreted. So partial hearing could be very confusing or even painful if the sound waves are interpreted in a high frequency. “Sound localization in complex acoustic environments was studied by Zundorf et al (2014). The right planum temporale was important as well as the left inferior and pre and postcentral areas. These areas were said to be "particularly involved in the spectrotemporal analyses crucial for effective segregation of multiple sound streams from various locations, beyond the currently known network for localization of isolated sound sources in otherwise silent surroundings." What this would mean to everyday life it the inability to differentiate sound frequencies and locations. To help overcome the disorientation this would cause having an aid dog could allow safe travel outside of my home without another person guiding