Development of a partial balint's syndrome in a congenitally deaf patient presenting as pseudo-aphasia

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-728

  Drane, Daniel L ^a,b   Lee, Gregory P ^c   Huthwaite, Justin S ^d   Tirschwell, David L ^b   Baudin, Brett C ^d   Jurado, Miguel ^e   Ghodke, Basavaraj ^b   Marchman, Holmes B ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Northeast Georgia Medical Center   (United States)

^e Athens Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Balint's syndrome; Deafness; Optic apraxia; Optic ataxia; Simultanagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BALINT SYNDROME; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPTIC APRAXIA; OPTIC ATAXIA; SIMULTANAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; ATAXIA; COGNITION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; VISION;

APHASIA; ATAXIA; COGNITION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650672220     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040802448718     Document Type: Article

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