Recovery of written language production in children with traumatic brain injury: outcomes at one year

The purpose of this study is to determine if the pattern of deficits in written language production persists at one year after resolution post traumatic amnesia. Seventy-one children, aged 8 to 15 years, with mild, moderate and severe closed head injury were compared with controls who were individually matched on the premorbid characteristics of age, gender, school grade, behaviour and academic performance. For children with severe injury, deficits in written language persist at 1 year. Although the extent of the deficits lessens somewhat, the pattern of deficit at 1 month and 1 year are similar.