Aphasic victim as investigator.

Full Abstract

The author (a classics professor) suffered a cerebrovascular accident, resulting in aphasia. In order to learn whether speech therapy helps aphasic patients to recover, the patient worked on Greek vocabulary and grammar and ignored Latin. (Both languages were equally well-known before the accident; skills in both languages had been totally lost afterward.) This case demonstrates the value of retraining an aphasic. After three years, testing demonstrated a professorial level of the Greek language, but Latin was essentially still missing.

Author information

Author/s: Wender, D (D);

Affiliation: Classics Department, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; Case Reports; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Archives of neurology (Arch Neurol), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1989-Jan; vol 46 (issue 1) : pp 91-2

Dates: Created 1989/02/07; Completed 1989/02/07; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 2462863, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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