suffered ... brain damage• Dawn's parents never understood at what stageDawn had suffered the brain damage.• If you loseconsciousness, even for a second, then you have suffered brain damage and must withdraw from furthercompetition.• In 1970 he suffered severe brain damage in a road accident which effectively ended his career.• He suffered brain damage caused by a fracturedskull and died later in Middlesbrough Generalhospital.• He suffered massive brain damage in the soccergroundtragedy.• The inquest into her death todayheard she suffered acute brain damage and a fractured skull.• Cruzan, 33, had been in an irreversiblecoma since a 1983 car accident in which she suffered severe brain damage.• She suffered serious brain damage and was retired from her job on medical grounds.