Language after dominant hemispherectomy

Linguistic and related cognitive abilities were investigated two years after dominant left hemispherectomy for cerebral malignancy in a 12 year old female. Auditory comprehension of speech was superior to other modes of language abilities with expressive speech being the least developed. Findings su...

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Published in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 1082 - 1088
Main Author:	Gott, Piggy S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-12-1973 BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Auditory Perception Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - surgery Child Cognition Color Perception Female Handwriting Humans Intelligence Tests Language Language Development Language Disorders - etiology Linguistics Parietal Lobe - surgery Speech Speech Disorders - etiology Verbal Behavior
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Summary:	Linguistic and related cognitive abilities were investigated two years after dominant left hemispherectomy for cerebral malignancy in a 12 year old female. Auditory comprehension of speech was superior to other modes of language abilities with expressive speech being the least developed. Findings suggested an isolation or non-communication between the systems for speaking and for writing and visual perception. It was concluded that language mechanisms in the right hemisphere were not just at a low level of development of the functions found in the dominant hemisphere but were modified as a result of interference by preexistent spatioperceptual systems.
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ISSN:	0022-3050 1468-330X
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.36.6.1082