For those of you following the Bicycle accident saga...
A year after I was hit by a car I went to a Neuropsychologist for evaluation. It seems my verbal I.Q. and comprehension are in the 130's, and a verbal-performance difference of 34 points. However in several tests of (COWAT, Trails-A trails-B, and perceptual coding test whatever they are) I was below average or significantly below average.
So the conclusion is that I have significant impairment as the result of my accident and given the length of time since the accident it seems probable I'll have ongoing impairment.
I'm a long way from a vegetable, but damn it, I was an engineer. I really miss the parts of my self I lost in the accident. It's like owning a sports car with a v-8 engine, and one day only six cylinders work, the car is still better than average but you really miss the acceleration the V-8 had.
Has anyone else had impairment of this sort or treated people with impairments? The recommendation is that receive some cognitive therapy to help cope with some of the impairments.
A year after I was hit by a car I went to a Neuropsychologist for evaluation. It seems my verbal I.Q. and comprehension are in the 130's, and a verbal-performance difference of 34 points. However in several tests of (COWAT, Trails-A trails-B, and perceptual coding test whatever they are) I was below average or significantly below average.
So the conclusion is that I have significant impairment as the result of my accident and given the length of time since the accident it seems probable I'll have ongoing impairment.
I'm a long way from a vegetable, but damn it, I was an engineer. I really miss the parts of my self I lost in the accident. It's like owning a sports car with a v-8 engine, and one day only six cylinders work, the car is still better than average but you really miss the acceleration the V-8 had.
Has anyone else had impairment of this sort or treated people with impairments? The recommendation is that receive some cognitive therapy to help cope with some of the impairments.
