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25 year
old male
TBI
survivor
is
recovering
6 years
after a
car
accident.
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While a senior in
high school, this
patient as an 18
year old was
critically injured
in a car accident,
leaving him unable
to move, speak or
think clearly.
After many weeks of
therapy, he still
was unable to walk
or use his arms.
Parents took him out
of a rehab center
and began exercising
him in their family
pool. Within 2
weeks, he regained
partial use of his
limbs; however, his
cognitive deficits
still remained.
Six years later,
in 2001, he started
the Cognitive
Systems Teletherapy
System at his rural
home; connect to his
therapist 200 miles
away. After 4
months of
Teletherapy the
patient:
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Talk clearly but
softly with some
halting in his voice
pattern.
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Discuss his desire
to become
independent,
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Wants to return to
his love for doing
pencil art,
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Likes to assist with
the farm chores that
he used to detest,
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Enjoys visiting his
grandparents,
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Appears to be less
depressed,
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Controls his
emotions better,
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Walks without
assistive devices.
Parents are planning
a TBI Ranch
501(c)(3) where all
therapies can be
brought together and
centered around the
Cognitive Systems Teletherapy
System.
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