Early recovery from acquired child aphasia and changes of cerebral blood flow

Long-term recovery from acquired childhood aphasia and changes of cerebral blood flow

“…Based on our previous study of early recovery from acquired childhood aphasia (Kojima et al, 2009) and the results of the present study concerning long-term recovery, we consider that the early process of functional reorganization (up to one year after the onset), largely involved the left hemisphere (i.e., the affected side), especially the regions surrounding the lesion. However, in the late stage, the hemisphere responsible for reorganization varies depending on the location of the ROIs studied and time after the onset.…”

“…In the present study, we followed a 9-year-old boy (the same age as the patient in our previous study) with acquired childhood aphasia due to cerebrovascular accident (CVA) for more than 10 years after the onset by the same monitoring protocol as used in the previous study (Kojima et al, 2009). The patient underwent assessment of language five times and cerebral perfusion four times during the follow-up period.…”

“…In our previous study (Kojima, Mimura, Auchi, & Kato, 2009), we followed the recovery of a 9-yearold boy with aphasia from 2 to 16 months after traumatic head injury. The patient's language ability was assessed four times by the Standard Test of Aphasia (SLTA) and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was also measured four times with a fully automated quantitative image analysis system.…”