What exactly is a temporal lobe injury and how will it affect me?

How a Temporal Lobe Injury Can Impact Your Life

Because it is separated across both hemispheres of the brain, any traumatic brain injury (TBI) involving the temporal lobe can affect numerous cognitive and physical functions. A temporal lobe injury may impact:

Automatic physical responses like feeling pain or experiencing hunger

Basic language function such as the ability to understand what words mean

Emotional regulation

Retaining existing memories

Sensory input like recognizing visual objects and interpreting sounds

Obviously, symptoms from temporal lobe injuries may have drastic repercussions on your normal daily life and your ability to work. Accident victims with this type of injury can experience severe anxiety or anger that makes it difficult to maintain personal relationships. Cognitive issues, like remembering specific faces or clearly communicating ideas while speaking, as well as the potential for severe physical symptoms like seizures, may interfere with everyday tasks.

Recovering Damages After a Temporal Lobe TBI

An attorney with a deep knowledge of Virginia personal injury law is a critical component to your recovery after any traumatic brain injury. A Richmond brain injury lawyer can help by investigating the accident and gathering evidence proving a negligent party caused your injury. Through a settlement or court case, you may be able to recover damages for:

Basic medical costs like an emergency room visit or hospital stay
Future medical expenses for severe TBIs that require long-term therapy or surgeries
Loss of hourly, salaried, or self-employment wages while recovering
Losing future earning potential if the temporal lobe injury interferes with your ability to continue working
Pain and suffering or loss of quality of life

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A Unique Focus On Traumatic Brain Injuries

My focus on representing TBI survivors is also unique. Most personal injury lawyers cast a very large net. They pursue, and will gladly accept, any case (large or small) that falls under the general “personal injury” heading. You can spot these practices by looking at their websites and clicking on the “practice areas” drop-down list. What you will see are many practice areas, only one of which will be “traumatic brain injury.” Think of these firms as the Wal-Mart Supercenters of the personal injury lawyer world. Wal-Mart has at least one of everything. The same can be said of most personal injury firms. They handle everything.

Nothing is wrong with such retail personal injury practices. My point is not to criticize that “generalist” approach to personal injury law. My point is simply to illustrate that my practice is different, just like a small nursery selling 20 different types of specialty garden hoses is different than a Wal-Mart selling one type of garden hose. Just like the nursery, I focus on one type of personal injury case – the traumatic brain injury case – and one type of client – the traumatic brain injury survivor.

What exactly is a temporal lobe injury and how will it affect me?

How a Temporal Lobe Injury Can Impact Your Life

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