“…Such results have been taken to suggest that subcortical transmission and basic processing of auditory information was spared whereas processing at the cortical level was impaired (Greenberg & Metting, 1974;Kileny, Paccioretti, & Wilson, 1987;Kraus, Ozdamar, Hier, & Stein, 1982;Leicester, 1980;McNeil, Darley, Olsen, &Rose, 1983;Michel, Peronnet, Labourel, & Martin, 1973;Michel, Peronnet, & Schott, 1976Ruhm, 197 1 ;Szirtes, Dieckmann, Rothenberger, & Jurgens, 1980). Abnormal P300 recordings over the left hemisphere were found during an auditory odd-ball task in 4 patients affected by primary progressive aphasia (Onofrj et al, 1994; see also Aaltonen, Tuomainen, Laine, & Niemi, 1993;Praamstra, Stegeman, Kooijman, & Moleman, 1993).…”