T - Brain Injury Glossary

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Babcock Law Firm provides as benefit to our clients, The Traumatic Brain Injury Glossary of Terms. It includes definitions for over 200 brain injury related terms from HDI's Brain Injury Glossary.

Tactile Defensiveness
Being overly sensitive to touch; withdrawing, crying, yelling or striking when one is touched.
Task Analysis
Breakdown of a particular job into its component parts; information gained from task analysis can be utilized to develop training curricula or to price a product or service.
Temporal Lobes

There are two temporal lobes, one on each side of the brain located at about the level of the ears. These lobes allow a person to tell one smell from another and one sound from another. They also help in sorting new information and are believed to be responsible for short-term memory.

Right Lobe--Mainly involved in visual memory (i.e., memory for pictures and faces).
Left Lobe--Mainly involved in verbal memory (i.e., memory for words and names).

Tracheostomy
A temporary surgical opening at the front of the throat providing access to the trachea or windpipe to assist in breathing.
Tracking, Visual
Visually following an object as it moves through space.
Tremor, Intention
Course, rhythmical movements of a body part that become intensified the harder one tries to control them.
Tremor, Resting
Rhythmical movements present at rest and may be diminished during voluntary movement.

Many thanks to HDI publishing for allowing us to include a portion of their Brain Injury Glossary. The complete Glossary contains over 800 terms and definitions. HDI offers a range of literature on the many and varied aspects of TBI such as family issues, life care planning, sexuality, coping, prevention, and education.