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Pure word deafness due to left subcortical lesion: neurophysiological studies of two patients
Kazuko Hayashi1, Ryoichi Hayashi
1Department of Internal Medicine, Kakeyu Hospital Rehabilitation Center, Japan. mail1@okaya-hosp.jp
Objective:
This study investigated the auditory processing in two patients with pure word deafness (PWD) using neurophysiological experimental methods.
Methods:
We recorded the auditory brainstem response (ABR), the middle latency auditory-evoked response (MLR) and the auditory-evoked event-related potentials (ERPs) in two patients with PWD after subcortical hemorrhage in the left temporal lobe.
Results:
Both patients showed normal response in ABR and abnormality in MLR. The latency of P300 evoked by right-ear stimulation was 51 ms longer in one patient and 26 ms longer in the other patient than that evoked by left-ear stimulation.
Conclusions:
Our results suggested that the prolongation of P300 latency could be caused by the deterioration of auditory stimulus processing and supported the hypothesis that the defect in auditory temporal resolution was an important factor in the development of PWD.
Significance:
This study demonstrated that recordings of ERP with auditory-evoked response such as ABR and MLR are useful to elucidate the deterioration of auditory stimulus processing in patients with PWD.
