If a driver gets into a car accident, there are many ways they could sustain serious physical injuries. These could cause all sorts of life-changing problems.
However, did you know that some of these could impact your senses or your body’s capacity to process information?
Factors that can cause sensory damage
There are factors present during a car crash that can severely damage your bodily senses. Some examples include:
- Noise: You may not be aware that car crashes can be deafeningly loud. For instance, the sound created by your car’s airbag deployment could go as high as 170 decibels, which is similar to a gunshot. Furthermore, a car crash on its own generates up to 150 decibels. These forces can cause long-term and even permanent hearing damage.
- Debris: High-speed car crashes could destroy many parts of a vehicle and send bits of glass, metal and hardened plastic flying. These may get into someone’s eyes or ears, possibly damaging these delicate sensory organs.
- Impact: The strong impact generated by a collision could severely injure your brain and spinal cord. Serious brain injuries could affect your ability to see, hear and even, taste. Meanwhile, damage to your spinal cord may result in paralysis and a weakened capacity to feel touch sensations and temperature.
It is important to understand that these injuries could have devastating consequences. Long-term or permanent sensory damage could greatly affect many parts of your day-to-day life such as:
- Mental health
- Ability to work and earn income
- Finances
- Living situation
Motor vehicle accidents can have significant consequences on your health that may alter how you live your life. However, it is possible to seek compensation for injuries from a car crash.
