Case study of a Thai conduction aphasic

• Main Authors: Jack Gandour, Hugh Buckingham, Rochana Dardarananda, Preecha Stawathumrong, Soranee Holasuit Petty
• Other Authors: Purdue University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Health Professions; Neuroscience; Psychology; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/30289
• Institution: Mahidol University

A case study of a 55-year-old nonfamilial left-handed monolingual Thai patient with clinical and pathoanatomic evidence of major infarction in the left temporoparietal region is presented. He was studied at 9 years poststroke with a Thai adaptation of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam and supplementary tests. His language characteristics included fluent spontaneous speech, near-normal auditory language comprehension, and poor repetition, leading to a diagnosis of conduction aphasia. In regard to this aphasic syndrome, issues concerning classification, neuroanatomic correlates, and underlying neuropsychological mechanisms are addressed. The nature of his grammatical disturbance is examined critically in light of the notion of "information load.". © 1982.