This list is not all inclusive of all TBI symptoms. Also, a victim who suffers a TBI may have very few of these symptoms and still have a very serious and permanent TBI.
- Loss of simple movement of various body parts.
- Inability to plan a sequence of complex movements needed to complete multi-stepped tasks, such as making coffee.
- Loss of spontaneity in interacting with others.
- Loss of flexibility in thinking.
- Persistence of a single thought.
- Inability to focus on task .
- Mood changes.
- Changes in social behavior.
- Changes in personality.
- Difficulty with problem solving.
- Inability to express language.
- Inability to attend to more than one object at a time.
- Inability to name an object.
- Inability to locate the words for writing.
- Problems with reading.
- Difficulty with drawing objects.
- Difficulty in distinguishing left from right.
- Difficulty with doing mathematics.
- Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space that leads to difficulties in self-care.
- Inability to focus visual attention.
- Difficulties with eye and hand coordination.
- Defects in vision.
- Difficulty with locating objects in environment.
- Difficulty with identifying colors.
- Production of hallucinations.
- Visual illusions – inaccurately seeing objects.
- Word blindness – inability to recognize words.
- Difficulty in recognizing drawn objects.
- Inability to recognize the movement of object .
- Difficulties with reading and writing.
- Difficulty in recognizing faces .
- Difficulty in understanding spoken words .
- Disturbance with selective attention to what we see and hear.
- Difficulty with identification of, and verbalization about objects.
- Short term memory loss.
- Interference with long term memory.
- Increased and decreased interest in sexual behavior.
- Inability to catagorize objects.
- Right lobe damage can cause persistent talking.
- Increased aggressive behavior.
- Decreased vital capacity in breathing, important for speech.
- Swallowing food and water.
- Difficulty with organization/perception of the environment.
- Problems with balance and movement.
- Dizziness and nausea.
- Sleeping difficulties.
- Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements.
- Loss of ability to walk.
- Inability to reach out and grab objects.
- Tremors.
- Dizziness.
- Slurred Speech.
- Inability to make rapid movements.