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| Author(s): |
Boscariol, Mirela
;
Garcia, Vera Lucia
[1]
;
Guimaraes, Catarina Abraao
;
Montenegro, Maria Augusta
;
Vasconcelos Hage, Simone Rocha
[2]
;
Cendes, Fernando
;
Guerreiro, Marilisa Mantovani
[3]
Total Authors: 7
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| Affiliation: | [1] State Univ Sao Paulo, Interact Univ Serv & Community Program, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Speech Therapy, Bauru - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Neurol, FCM, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT; v. 32, n. 4, p. 299-304, APR 2010. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 16 |
| Abstract | |
We hypothesized that the processing of auditory information by the perisylvian polymicrogyric cortex may be different from the normal cortex. To characterize the auditory processing in bilateral perisylvian syndrome, we examined ten patients with perisylvian polymicrogyria (Group 1) and seven control children (Group 11). Group I was composed by four children with bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria and six children with bilateral posterior perisylvian polymicrogyria. The evaluation included neurological and neuroimaging investigation, intellectual quotient and audiological assessment (audiometry and behavior auditory tests). The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the groups in the behavioral auditory tests, Such as, digits dichotic test, nonverbal dichotic test (specifically in right attention), and random gap detection/random gap detection expanded tests. Our data showed abnormalities in the auditory processing of children with perisylvian polymicrogyria, suggesting that perisylvian polymicrogyric cortex is functionally abnormal. We also found a correlation between the severity of our auditory findings and the extent of the cortical abnormality. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/00806-4 - Characterization of auditory processing evaluation findings in subjects with Perisylvian Syndrome |
| Grantee: | Mirela Boscariol |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |