[Difficulty in reading braille caused by a right-sided lesion in a blind patient].
A right-handed woman who became blind at 25 was a good braille reader. After a right parieto-occipital brain damage, she developed a braille reading disorder which contrasted with a completely normal language. This reading disability cannot be analysed in terms of left hemineglect syndrome; rather, it is explained in the broader context of the patient's haptic disorders in many others fields. This hypothesis is connected to others works which suggest a right hemispheric specialization for tactile information processing.
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Département de Neurologie, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France.
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D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications; D012682:Sensory Aids; D014110:Touch
Trouble de la lecture du braille par lésion droite chez une patiente devenue aveugle.