Ann Rehabil Med.
2011 Oct;35(5):725-728. 10.5535/arm.2011.35.5.725.
Pure Apraxia of Speech: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology, ST. Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University, Suwaon 442-723, Korea.
- 2Department of Speech-language Pathology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
- 3Graduate School of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea.
- 4Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yuseong Wellness Hospital, Daejeon 305-301, Korea.
- 5Department of Linguistics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea. cjseong@cnu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2267236
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2011.35.5.725
Abstract
- Apraxia of speech (AOS) is the impairment of motor programming. However, the exact nature of this deficit remains unclear. In particular, AOS without other speech-language deficit is called pure AOS, but it is very rare. When diagnosing AOS, the characteristic of articulation is considered a crucial criterion, which has been proposed for differentiating AOS from phonological and dysarthric disorders. The present study reports on pure AOS in a 37-year-old right-handed male after a left insular, front, temporal infarction. This report may be useful for further AOS study and diagnosis in the clinical setting.
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Fig. 1 MRI images show infarcts in the left hemisphere. (A) insular and temporal (B) medial, frontal, and parietal; (C) parietal; (D) temporal.
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