Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Indiana University, Indianapolis (Dr Hammond); Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Dr Davis); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatisics, University of South Carolina (Mr Whitside); Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina (Mrs Philbrick); and Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Healthcare System, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Dr Hirsch).
Corresponding Author: Flora M. Hammond, MD, Indiana University 541 N Clinical Drive, Sute 626 Indianapolis, IN 46202 ([email protected])
This study was partially supported by US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research grant H133A20016, and by a grant from Carolinas Medical Center, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina.
The authors thank graduate student Dawn Creason, BA, Research Assistant Chelsea Kinnett, BA, both of the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, for the assistance, and Dr Heather Gallardo for her helpful comments and suggestions. We also thank the persons with TBI, and the spouses of persons with TBI, for so generously giving us their time and participation.
