I can hear you yet cannot comprehend: A case of pure word deafness

This report describes a 25-year-old man with acute head trauma and brain damage resulting in pure word deafness. Bilateral temporal lobe pathology was confirmed by brain imaging and functional brain studies. A brief discussion about the difference between pure word deafness and other aphasias, as we...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of emergency medicine 2006, Vol.30 (1), p.53-55
Hauptverfasser:	Wirkowski, Ela, Echausse, Nancy, Overby, Chris, Ortiz, Orlando, Radler, Linda
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult agnosia aphasia Aphasia - etiology Audiometry auditory deficit bilateral Brain Injuries - complications Brain Injuries - physiopathology deafness Deafness - etiology Humans Male pure word Speech Perception - physiology Temporal Lobe - injuries Temporal Lobe - physiopathology temporal lobe pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	This report describes a 25-year-old man with acute head trauma and brain damage resulting in pure word deafness. Bilateral temporal lobe pathology was confirmed by brain imaging and functional brain studies. A brief discussion about the difference between pure word deafness and other aphasias, as well as anatomic correlation is provided.
ISSN:	0736-4679 2352-5029
DOI:	10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.03.016