A common side effect of a Chicago brain accident injury or head trauma  is difficulty thinking or concentration. Contact Accident Injury Lawyer, Cullotta Law Offices located in Chicago & Glenview IL for a free consultation.

Depending on the location and the severity of the brain injury, the damage may be temporary or permanent.

Thinking problems you may exhibit in your daily life after a brain injury:

1. Difficulty holding a conversation in a crowded place that has many distractions, such as a shopping mall or restaurant.
2. Inability to juggle multiple tasks at once, such as listening to a lecture while simultaneously taking notes.
3. Problems processing new information, such as when a friend is sharing a story about a recent vacation to Chicago. The friend may need to break the story up into multiple short statements instead of one long piece, speak very slowly, and repeat portions as necessary for you to understand.
4. Lack of short term memory, such as remembering what restaurant you ate dinner at the night before.
5. Difficulty learning new things, such as a foreign language or a math lesson. The lack of short term memory combined with difficulty processing the new information may require you to re-learn the same concepts several times before truly understanding.
6. Inability to plan, such as when organizing a Chicago birthday party.

For more information on how a Brain injury your ability to think, contact an experienced Accident injury lawyer for a free consultation. Fill out our online form / call our office at (847) 651-7191.