The hidden danger of brain injuries | Dr. Kelli Uitenham | TEDxCharlotte

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What if the most dangerous injury is the one no one recognizes? Dr. Kelli Uitenham, Medical Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, author, Founder and CEO of Brain Talk Foundation, takes the TEDx stage with a question that challenges everything we think we know about the brain and the moments we’re too quick to dismiss. She’s seen what happens when we get it wrong. When symptoms get brushed off. When the signs are there, but no one knows what they’re looking at. Through powerful storytelling and hard truths, Dr. Uitenham shares what most of us have never been taught about the brain and why it might be the most important thing you learn today. Some injuries don’t look like injuries at all. Watch to find out why that matters more than you think. Dr. Kelli is an award-winning, nationally certified medical Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Brain Injury Specialist with over a decade of experience serving adult and geriatric populations across diverse me

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