Pure word deafness and bilateral posterior perisylvian softenings: report of a case with neuropsychological-C.A.T. correlation

Dalla Pria, M.; Spinnler, H.; Vallar, G.

Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 125(1): 47-58

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7273
PMID: 545688
Document Number: 149446
A case of Pure Word Deafness (PWD) with bilateral perisylvian softenings is described. The C.A.T. findings fit the classical anatomical counterpart of PWD: a nearly complete acoustic disconnection of the Wernicke area. The associated severe apraxic disorders are discussed.

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