Impact of pediatric traumatic brain injury on components of verbal memory.
This 3-month longitudinal study examined spared and impaired components of verbal learning and memory after pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI), using the California Verbal Learning Test for Children. School-aged participants with severe or mild-to-moderate TBI were compared to traumatically injured control subjects without head trauma. Participants were initially evaluated approximately 1 month post injury, and again 3 months later. At Times 1 and 2, participants with severe TBI displayed deficits in immediate recall, delayed recall, and recognition accuracy, consistent with a mild encoding deficit. In both evaluations, participants with mild-to-moderate TBI performed similarly to controls. On average, mild verbal encoding deficits appear to be associated with severe, but not mild-to-moderate, pediatric TBI in the first several months post injury.
Roman
M J
MJ
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Delis
D C
DC
Willerman
L
L
Magulac
M
M
Demadura
T L
TL
de la Peña
J L
JL
Loftis
C
C
Walsh
J
J
Kracun
M
M
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014825:Vocabulary