Cognitive recovery after severe head injury. 1. Serial testing on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale was administered serially to 40 severely head-injured adults, and the results compared with a matched group of 40 non-injured men. The scores on the verbal subtests showed less initial impairment and were faster to recover to the level of the comparison group than were the non-verbal subtest scores. Verbal IQ of the head-injury group approached that of the comparison group within about one year of injury, while recovery of Performance IQ continued over about three years.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D014888:Wechsler Scales