Speech perception, rapid temporal processing, and the left hemisphere: A case study of unilateral pure word deafness

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-230

  Slevc, L Robert ^a   Martin, Randi C ^a   Hamilton, A Cris ^a   Joanisse, Marc F ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lateralization; Pure word deafness; Rapid temporal processing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PURE WORD DEAFNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; APHASIA; DEAFNESS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 78650877483     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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