Dichotic listening and complex partial seizures.
This study reports on 24 patients with multiple symptoms of untreated complex partial seizures (CPSz) who performed poorly at baseline assessment on a brief dichotic word listening task and subsequently improved following successful anticonvulsant therapy directed at treating seizure symptoms. These preliminary findings suggest that, in the absence of macroscopic structural lesions, dynamic electrophysiological dysfunction may interfere with the processing and transmission of simultaneously presented auditory information.
Iowa City VA Medical Center, IA 52246.
R J
RJ
Roberts
N R
NR
Varney
J S
JS
Paulsen
E D
ED
Richardson
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D002220:Carbamazepine; D010672:Phenytoin