CONGENITAL VERBAL-AUDITORY AGNOSIA

[摘要] The term congenital verbal auditory agnosia is proposed as a name for congenital word deafness in children.The clinical features that these children present are: (a) lack of speech or limited speech; (b) an ability to hear sounds combined with inability to comprehend words by the auditory route.The defect is apparently in the audito-psychic area or Wernicke's area.The unusual case of a child with congenital verbal auditory agnosia is described.

[学科分类] 儿科学