Brainstem auditory evoked potentials following head injury.

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) were examined in 40 patients with subjective disorders following closed head injury (CHI), with the established degree of recovery and performed CT-scan of the head. For all BAEP parameters the interval of normality was defined as 3 SD above and below mean value in the control group comprised of 20 healthy subjects. The upper limits of thus defined intervals of normality enabled the formation of four types of findings: type 1--normal finding that was registered in 23 (57.

[Subjective complaints in patients after a closed head injury].

Patients who suffered a closed head injury (CHI) are frequently with various subjective complaints: headache, forgetfulness, irritability, poor concentration, etc. Such complaints were observed in patients with both severe and mild CHI. The aim of this study was to establish the degree of the subjective complaints in the group of 40 patients who continuously expressed the complaints even in the follow-up period from 6 to 47 months after the injury.