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  • Overview
    • What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury?
    • TBI: Acquired Brain Injury
    • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
    • TBI Severity: Mild, Moderate or Severe?
    • Brain Injury FAQs
  • Symptoms
    • Glasgow Coma Scale
    • Mild Brain Injury Symptoms
    • Severe Brain Injury Symptoms
  • Causes
    • Auto Accident
    • Workplace Accident
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Slip and Fall
    • Sports Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussions
  • Brain Injury Types
    • Anoxic Brain Injury
    • Open Head Injury
    • Closed Head Injury
    • Frontal Lobe Damage
    • Diffuse Axonal Brain Injury
    • Hypoxia
  • Treatments
    • Initial Treatment
    • Acute Treatment
    • Surgical Treatment
    • Rehabilitation
  • Living with Brain Injury
    • Costs of Care
    • Medical Technology
    • Long Term Care
    • Cognitive Difficulties with Brain Injury
    • Family and Caregiver Issues

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Closed Head Injury

Concussion Causes A Closed Head Injury

About 75% of the 2 million brain injuries yearly accounts for a closed brain injury. This means that nothing directly touches the brain. Not all brain injuries are the same; they differ from their severity. Others may appear minor but later on, significant symptoms can appear.

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