Aside from the odd big-budget radio play, most seemed to involve overwrought acting, expositionary dialogue and some poor sap creaking door hinges next to a microphone. Now, though, not only are audio dramas enjoying a new lease of life online, they have a new name: fiction podcasts. In this brave new world, the production is sharp and nuanced, the writing fresh and the cast are not plucked from the nearest am-dram production but from Hollywood.
Explanation Acquired brain injury is damage to the brain that occurs after birth. It is not related to a congenital disorder, a developmental disability or a progressive process or disease. It may be caused by traumatic injury, anoxia (an absence of oxygen) or encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain).
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report The definition, incidence and prevalence of acquired brain injury in Australia 1999 concluded This review of definitions of ABI and estimates of its incidence and prevalence overseas and in Australia has shown that there is a good deal of uncertainty in the field..