These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Word deafness as a cortical auditory processing deficit: a case report with MEG.
    Author: Jörgens S, Biermann-Ruben K, Kurz MW, Flügel C, Daehli Kurz K, Antke C, Hartung HP, Seitz RJ, Schnitzler A.
    Journal: Neurocase; 2008; 14(4):307-16. PubMed ID: 18766983.
    Abstract:
    Pure word deafness is a rare disorder dramatically impairing comprehension of spoken language, while auditory functions remain relatively intact. We present a 71-year-old woman with a slowly progressive disturbance of speech perception due to pure word deafness. MRI revealed degeneration of the temporal lobes. A magnetoencephalographic investigation using alternating single tone stimulation showed that N100 was followed by a second transient response and was abnormally prolonged up to 600-700 ms. We conclude that auditory processing is disturbed at long latency ranges following the N100, which may result in the clinical presentation of pure word deafness.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]