Abstract
Thirty patients were tested with four dichotic speech tests before and after temporal lobectomy for control of intractable seizures. Ipsilateral ear scores improved on all tests postoperatively; these improved scores reached statistical significance for the Staggered Spondaic Word Test and for consonant-vowel syllables. This result, combined with a nonsignificant decrease for contralateral ear scores, produced postoperative increase in the ipsilateral minus contralateral ear difference scores, similar to previous literature. Preoperative tests for a larger group of patients showed significantly poorer performance than for normal subjects, for all four tests. Total correct scores, used as a measure of overall auditory processing capacity, were impaired for these patients, but unchanged or slightly improved after surgery
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 363-369 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Ear and hearing |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1986 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Speech and Hearing