title: Whatever happened after the 'return from silence'?
abstract: A case is presented of a child who, following unexpected rapid recovery of functional communication skills 9 months post-severe closed head injury, continued to progress in speech and language skills even 4 years post-injury. Although the child did not recover to premorbid levels of functioning, her recovery over such a protracted period proved quite remarkable. The case is considered in the light of recent findings on the recovery of linguistic skills subsequent to childhood closed head injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000849:Anomia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007807:Language Tests; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013068:Speech Production Measurement