Language Recovery after Left Hemispherectomy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-10-3

Keywords:

Spontaneous Speech, Partial Recovery, Discriminate Consonants

Abstract

The language proficiency of 6 right-handed children (ages 7-14 years) with Rasmussen’s syndrome, who underwent left hemidecorticectomy after 5 or more years of normal language development before seizures, were investigated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

Published

1999-10-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders