March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month

Brain injuries are very different than any other injury because our brain stores all of our memories, controls our movements, and shapes our personality; the brain is truly the essence of who we are. Brain injuries often lead to multiple complications, such as seizures, coma, fluid and pressure in the skull, infections, nerve damage, blood vessel damage, and cognitive deficits that can result in behavioral and emotional changes. Individuals often find that they have trouble with memory, problem-solving/decision-making skills, attention, language/speaking, writing, impulse control, anxiety, depression, balance, and hand-eye coordination. Learn how Interactive Metronome® can help brain injury sufferers by working to physiologically change the functional brain networks that control rhythm and timing.

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Endorsements

Over 20 Department of Defense and Veterans Administration hospitals and clinics, including the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, use IM as a therapy protocol to treat mTBI and other traumatic injuries that demonstrate neural timing deficits.  

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Research

Research In 2011, researchers at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Clinic (DVBIC) at Fort Carson, CO,  began a research study on the effects of Interactive Metronome for treating mTBI. The results were overwhelming positive, and published in September 2013 in the peer-reviewed Neuropsychology journal. Please click through to read this...

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Resources

Resources brainlinemilitary.org BrainLineMilitary.org provides military-specific information and resources on traumatic brain injury to veterans, service members in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, Reserve, and their families. Through video, webcasts, articles, personal stories, research briefs, and current news, those whose lives have been affected by TBI can learn more...

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How It Works

Did you know that your brain has an "internal clock" that keeps time? And that it does so at various intervals: microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes, and hours?   Timing in the brain (or what scientists call "temporal processing") is responsible for detecting where a sound is coming from as sound...

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History of Interactive Metronome

History of Interactive Metronome Interactive Metronome was developed in the early 1990s and immediately proved of great benefit to children diagnosed with learning and developmental disorders. Over the years, clinical research and therapeutic practice has shown that IM is also beneficial for the rehabilitation of adults following stroke, brain injury, a...

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Leadership

Leadership   Matt Wukasch, Director Matthew Wukasch is CEO of Interactive Metronome and Co-Founder of BrainBeat. Matthew has shaped and led the Interactive Metronome's growth for the last 10 years. Prior to joining IM, Matt was recruited by United Technologies (UT) into their executive leadership program. He spent the next 10 years in...

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