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 well as anatomic correlation is provided.
Wirkowski
Ela
E
Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
Echausse
Nancy
N
Overby
Chris
C
Ortiz
Orlando
O
Radler
Linda
L
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D001299:Audiometry; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology