Pure word deafness due to left subcortical lesion: Neurophysiological studies of two patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-868

  Hayashi, Kazuko ^a   Hayashi, Ryoichi ^b  

^a Kakeyu Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked potentials; Event related potential; P300; Pure word deafness; Subcortical lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE WORD DEAFNESS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33847421278     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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