Stevie Wonder's Traumatic Brain Injury by Tagan

Stevie Wonder (Stevland Morris)

2011761 — 2015-03-02 18:23:50 UTC

- An American singer-songwriter and activist

- on August 6, 1973 was in a car crash while on tour

- The accident occurred when the car Stevie was in crashed into a logging truck

- The rest of the story is unclear; some people say a log from the truck struck Stevie in the face, and others say the bed of the truck hit Stevie

- The impact of the crash made Stevie unconscious and put him in a coma for 4 days

URL:

http://listverse.com/2012/03/31/top-10-celebrities-who-survived-a-coma/

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Physical Challenges

202178 — 2015-03-02 18:25:57 UTC

He was knocked unconscious and was in a coma for 4 days. He doesn't remember anything and suffered partial loss of his sense of smell.

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URL's

202178 — 2015-03-02 18:29:27 UTC

http://listverse.com/2012/03/31/top-10-celebrities-who-survived-a-coma/

http://raresoul.com/2012/08/06/stevie-wonder-skull-fractured-in-car-accident/

http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/brain-injury/brain-contusion/index.html%20

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/08/06/the-year-we-almost-lost-stevie-wonder/

http://www.steviewonder.org.uk/bio/life-stories/1973_accident.html

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Stevie Wonder's Injuries

2011761 — 2015-03-08 15:13:51 UTC

- As a result of the wreck, Stevie Wonder's skull was fractued

- A skull fracture is a break in the cranial, or skull, bone

- There are multiple types of skull fractures and some fractures are less severe than others

- Image of a skull fracture below

URL:

http://surgery.arizona.edu/sites/surgery.arizona.edu/files/images/Fig1_skull-fracture.jpg

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Stevie Wonder's Injuries

2011761 — 2015-03-08 15:20:22 UTC

- As a result of the wreck, Stevie suffered from a brain contusion

- A brain contusion is the bruising of brain tissue

- Like skull fractures, some brain contusions are less severe than others

- Image of a brain contusion below

URL:

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/libraries/courses/neuroslides/lab4a/images/4-145.png

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Stevie Wonder's Physical Challanges

2011761 — 2015-03-08 15:28:33 UTC

- Stevie Wonder suffered from recurring headaches as a result of his skull fracture and brain contusion

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Stevie Wonder's Physical Changes

2011761 — 2015-03-08 21:28:55 UTC

- Due to his skull fracture, Stevie Wonder has scars on his forehead that are still visible today

- Image below where one can see Stevie Wonder's scar from the crash

URL:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/545000/images/_548343_wonder150.jpg

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Injury

202178 — 2015-03-09 01:09:28 UTC

Stevie Wonder was sleeping and the driver got distracted. A logger truck swerved, and it is said that a log came loose and struck Stevie, which is what knocked him unconscious.

URL:
https://www.google.com/search?q=stevie+wonder+car+accident&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS602US603&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=uPb8VKnOKMKBgwSzwILwAw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAw&biw=1366&bih=633&safe=active&ssui=on#safe=active&tbm=isch&q=stevie+wonder+car+accident&imgdii=_&imgrc=5Wm7nDYx4pGLVM%253A%3BkrloBNbMS7RmxM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F1.bp.blogspot.com%252F-8oemoPrJQPk%252FT7FvSRtuIUI%252FAAAAAAAANno%252FD8MQHpjKY5w%252Fs1600%252Furl.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fradiosbn.com.br%252Fnovoradio%252F%253Fp%253D9445%3B300%3B410

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Injury

202178 — 2015-03-09 01:17:07 UTC

-He didn't need surgery, and doctors told him the chances of a full recovery were very good and that the was lucky.

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Physical Challenge

202178 — 2015-03-09 01:22:18 UTC

-He has a scar on the left side of his forehead.

-He told Crawdaddy magazine he felt like he had a second chance at life. "What happened to me was a very, very critical thing, and I was really supposed to die," he said. When plastic surgery was suggested to remove the mark left by the crash, he said "I will leave it as one of the scars of life I went through."

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