title: Post-stroke pure apraxia of speech - A rare experience.
abstract: Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder, most typically caused by stroke, which in its "pure" form (without other speech-language deficits) is very rare in clinical practice. Because some observable characteristics of AOS overlap with more common verbal communication neurologic syndromes (i.e. aphasia, dysarthria) distinguishing them may be difficult. The present study describes AOS in a 49-year-old right-handed male after left-hemispheric stroke. Analysis of his articulatory and prosodic abnormalities in the context of intact communicative abilities as well as description of symptoms dynamics over time provides valuable information for clinical diagnosis of this specific disorder and prognosis for its recovery. This in turn is the basis for the selection of appropriate rehabilitative interventions.
authors: 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: kpolanow@ipin.edu.pl.
authors: Katarzyna Ewa
authors: KE
authors: Polanowska
authors: 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: ipietrzyk@ipin.edu.pl.
authors: Iwona
authors: I
authors: Pietrzyk-Krawczyk
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Apraxia of speech; Speech disorder; Stroke