Traumatic Brain Injury Resources
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Network at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
The AUT TBI Network is a large research team focused on studies that investigate many facets of traumatic brain injury - including injury prevention, assessment & diagnosis, recovery, and TBI awareness.
You can visit their website to read more about their research here.
Headway: Brain Injury Auckland
Headway: Brain Injury Auckland provides support, navigation and education to Aucklanders affected by brain injury.
You can read more about their mahi on their website here, and find some information about the effects of brain injury on their site here.
ABI vs TBI: what’s the difference?
Did you know that every day, 90 people in Aotearoa sustain a brain injury?
The terminology surrounding these disorders can be confusing, see below for a quick description of some of the commonly used terms. You can read more about the different types of brain injuries here.
Acquired brain injuries (ABI) are brain injuries that people acquire during life after-birth. They are different from congenital, hereditary or degenerative brain disease.
Acquired brain injuries can be separated into two categories:
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
These are caused by external injury to the head, such as during a fall, a car accident or a sports injury.
There are different trauma mechanisms of TBI that can cause damage to the brain:
Impact trauma - caused by impact to the head.
Inertial trauma - caused by a fast and unexpected change in movement of the head.
Non-traumatic brain injuries
These are caused by internal injury to the brain, such as a stroke, brain tumour, aneurysm, lack of oxygen to the brain, or infectious disease.