TY - JOUR
T1 - Language disorder in a child with early left thalamic lesion
AU - Pizzamiglio, Maria Rosa
AU - Piccardi, Laura
AU - Nasti, Marianna
AU - Tomaiuolo, Francesco
AU - Sabatini, Umberto
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - In this paper we present the case of a child with early left thalamic vascular damage who subsequently developed a language disorder. At 3 years and 8 months, her language was poor and unintelligible and showed phonetic, phonological and morpho-syntactic disorders. She did not exhibit any signs of mental retardation. After specific speech therapy, she improved in all linguistic skills. Given the lack of reports on thalamic lesions in children, this paper describes the effect of a thalamic injury in the earliest phases of language acquisition in a child who showed consistent phonological disorders. This case seems to confirm early hemispheric specialisation and the importance of a timely therapy.
AB - In this paper we present the case of a child with early left thalamic vascular damage who subsequently developed a language disorder. At 3 years and 8 months, her language was poor and unintelligible and showed phonetic, phonological and morpho-syntactic disorders. She did not exhibit any signs of mental retardation. After specific speech therapy, she improved in all linguistic skills. Given the lack of reports on thalamic lesions in children, this paper describes the effect of a thalamic injury in the earliest phases of language acquisition in a child who showed consistent phonological disorders. This case seems to confirm early hemispheric specialisation and the importance of a timely therapy.
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U2 - 10.1080/13554790490515426
DO - 10.1080/13554790490515426
M3 - Article
C2 - 15788268
AN - SCOPUS:9744239585
VL - 10
SP - 308
EP - 315
JO - Neurocase
JF - Neurocase
SN - 1355-4794
IS - 4
ER -