Traumatic Brain Injury

The Rewiring, Part 1: Series Introduction

In this series of stories, an Exploratorium exhibit…

The Rewiring, Part 2: Intro to TBI

Imagine walking up a hill one morning and coming down a different person. That’s what happened to me a couple of years ago when I fainted and hit my head. I acquired a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) that affected my senses, equilibrium, emotions, and cognition.

The Rewiring, Part 3: The Sax Player and Super Bowl City

After my accident I became chronically sensitive to noise, as if the volume had been cranked up on every note in my auditory landscape. Rain dripping in the gutter sounded like someone incessantly hitting a single piano key. Heels…

The Rewiring, Part 4: Visual Menagerie

After my injury, I had a series of visual effects, and a lot of spare time to muse on them. What follows is a description and some attempt at recreating what they looked like.

Vertigo

The Rewiring, Part 5: Lessons From Exhibit Development