No practicum on the following dates:
Wednesday, January 28th
Tuesday, February 3rd
Tuesday, February 17th
Monday, February 23rd
Wednesday, March 4th
Monday, March 9th
Thursday, March 19th
Wednesday, March 25th
Tuesday, March 31st
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Thank you for letting me know the schedule for the rest of the semester!
I have been doing some reading about the interesting case we were discussing. I came across "alexia without agraphia". I was just wondering if that would possibly explain the ability to spell aloud. I hope you have a great weekend, and I will see you Monday morning.
Thanks, Nicole
Look up "pure word deafness" and define what being able to "speech-read" means. Don't spend too much time on this, just see if you can find out anything of interest.
Some additional thoughts...
Repetition:
Remember there was ability to recognize orally spelled words in that the person could repeat them. But, there was no recognition of meaning associated with that word once repeated.
The oral spelling by the patient was repetition of spelled words not true oral spelling.
Written Word Discrimination: The person could read written words and appeared to understand their meaning by pointing to the written word that matched a pictured object.
After reading in Robert H. Brookshire’s Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders (7th Ed.), it is my understanding that pure word deafness is a result of a disconnection between Wernicke’s area and the primary auditory cortex. It causes problems understanding speech, but the person is able not deaf as he/she is able to hear other non-speech sounds. The person would still have the ability to read, write, and speak.
I am still looking for more information on the concept of speech reading. I did find the following definition on The Free Dictionary by Farlex: “Verb 1: speech-read- interpret by lipreading; of deaf people” ( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/speech-read).
From this definition, I would think that speech-reading may also be used as a compensatory strategy for individuals with pure word deafness. That would possibly explain more about how the person could repeat orally spelled words.
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