What is Infant Brain Damage?
Infant brain damage is a type of brain injury that occurs when an infant’s brain sustains blunt force or penetrating trauma. Once an infant has brain damage, the everyday things we take for granted such as communicating and walking can be challenging. In fact, infants with brain damage may never walk or talk. Instead, they may have to live their lives with permanent and painful disabilities. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reports that 1.4 million people in the United States suffer serious brain injuries and brain damage each year. A large percentage of those that are injured are infants who sustain brain damage during the labor and/or delivery process. Sometimes, medical professionals make costly errors while delivering babies. For example, doctors may misuse medical devices when guiding babies through their mothers’ birth canals, which can result in infant brain damage. Infants may also incur brain damage from oxygen deficiency while their mothers are in labor i
