Table I.

Demographic profile of participants with TBI.

PARa	Age at injury (years)	Gender	PTA (days)	Trauma type	Highest education attained	Occupation classificationb	Language status	CT scan
Andrew	42	Male	109	Fall	TAFE	Machinery operators and drivers	Monolingual	Axonal shearing
Tony	45	Male	122	MVA	University	Professionals	Monolingual	(L) fontal contusion, axonal shearing, (R) basal ganglia
Emily	16	Female	63	MVA	≤ Year 12	Sales workers	Monolingual	Parietal SDH, (R) SAH, contusions fronto-temporal
Peter	45	Male	13	MVA	≤ Year 10	Machinery operators and drivers	Monolingual	(L) SAH and (L) cerebral contusions
Li	28	Male	86	MVA	University	Technicians and trade workers	Multilingual	DAI, SAH (R) frontal
Steven	46	Male	47	MVA	TAFE	Managers	Bilingual	(L) hemisphere contusions, SAH (L) frontal region
Mark	54	Male	18	MVA	≤ Year 12	Sales workers	Monolingual	SAH (R) frontal sulci, internal capsule haemorrhage
Amanthi	33	Female	103	MVA	≤ Year 10	Community and personal service workers	Bilingual	(L) hemisphere haemorrhage, basal ganglia, midbrain
Chris	43	Male	3	Assault	≤ Year 10	Labourers	Monolingual	SDH, SAH
Sharon	56	Female	50	MVA	University	Professionals	Monolingual	Contusions (R) posterior frontal region
Ben	28	Male	64	MVA	TAFE	Technicians and trade workers	Monolingual	(L) frontal/temporal, (R) frontal lobe
Scott	40	Male	48	Fall	TAFE	Labourers	Monolingual	Frontal lobe involvement
John	59	Male	42	Assault	≤ Year 10	Machinery operators and drivers	Monolingual	(L) SAH, (L) frontal lobe haemorrhage
Josh	18	Male	47	MVA	≤ Year 12	Technicians and trade workers	Monolingual	Punctate haemorrhage (R) frontal
Paul	32	Male	34	Assault	TAFE	Technicians and trade workers	Monolingual	Temporal contusion (L), SAH, parieto-temporal SDH
Jack	17	Male	28	MVA	≤Year 10	Machinery operators and drivers	Monolingual	Brainstem contusions, bilateral parieto-occipital SDH
James	21	Male	62	Fall	≤Year 12	Student	Monolingual	Fronto-temporal cerebellar injuries, (L) skull fracture
Daniel	23	Male	90	MVA	≤Year 10	Labourers	Monolingual	(R) SDH, traumatic SAH
Luke	18	Male	48	Fall	≤Year 12	Student	Monolingual	(L) fronto-temporal SDH/SAH, (L) frontal DAI
Greg	53	Male	6	Fall	TAFE	Technicians and trades workers	Monolingual	(R) occipital bone fracture
Michael	38	Male	38	MVA	University	Managers	Monolingual	(R) basal ganglia, midbrain, SAH (L) frontal, (R) parietal
Shane	49	Male	41	MVA	University	Managers	Monolingual	DAI, (L) intracranial haemorrhage, facial fractures

PAR, participant with TBI; PTA, post-traumatic amnesia; TAFE, Technical and Further Education; MVA, motor vehicle accident; (L), Left; (R), Right; SDH, subdural haemorrhage; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage; DAI, diffuse axonal injury.

^aPseudonyms were used to protect participants’ identity.

^bClassification according to Australian Bureau of Statistics [38].