RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Language after dominant hemispherectomy
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1082
OP 1088
DO 10.1136/jnnp.36.6.1082
VO 36
IS 6
A1 Piggy S. Gott
YR 1973
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/36/6/1082.abstract
AB 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.