Ten Year Recovery From TBI: Children and Young Adults

A Swedish study (Horneman, G. 2009) followed 165 survivors of TBI and tested them 10 years after injury. The results showed poor performance in intellectual function, low results in verbal tests and tests of verbal learning and memory, visual ability and executive functioning. When compared to healthy controls, these deficits persisted. It again noted that it is difficult to predict the outcome in children and young adults until years after the injury.