Gross Dominant Frontal Lesion Without Serious Speech Disturbance

Abstract

This report examines the relationship of brain damage to speech disturbances, which may affect the development or effectiveness of other abilities such as reading or writing. In the case of an cpileptic patient presented here, he was found to have a large meningocortical cicatrix which had replaced most of his frontal lobe of his dominant hemisphere for language. But, he had never shown any serious speech disturbances. The implications of this, including the relationship of the dominant frontal and temporal lobes regarding speech are discussed in this article.