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I can hear you yet cannot comprehend: a case of pure word deafness.

Author(s): Chris Overby, E Wirkowski, Linda Radler, Nancy Echausse, O Ortiz

Publication date: 2005-12-31

Journal: The Journal of emergency medicine

Keywords: Adult, Aphasia, etiology, Audiometry, Brain Injuries, complications, physiopathology, Deafness, Humans, Male, Speech Perception, physiology, Temporal Lobe, injuries

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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.

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PubMed ID:: 16434336

DOI:: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.03.016

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Adult,Aphasia,etiology,Audiometry,Brain Injuries,complications,physiopathology,Deafness,Humans,Male,Speech Perception,physiology,Temporal Lobe,injuries

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Keywords: Adult, Aphasia, etiology, Audiometry, Brain Injuries, complications, physiopathology, Deafness, Humans, Male, Speech Perception, physiology, Temporal Lobe, injuries

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