| Literature DB >> 22470713 |
Sirisha T Komakula1, Robert B Burr, James N Lee, Jeffrey Anderson.
Abstract
We present a case of right hemispheric dominance for sign language but left hemispheric dominance for reading, in a left-handed deaf patient with epilepsy and left mesial temporal sclerosis. Atypical language laterality for ASL was determined by preoperative fMRI, and congruent with ASL modified WADA testing. We conclude that reading and sign language can have crossed dominance and preoperative fMRI evaluation of deaf patients should include both reading and sign language evaluations.Entities:
Keywords: American Sign Language; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Language dominance
Year: 2010 PMID: 22470713 PMCID: PMC3303377 DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v4i3.364
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Radiol Case Rep ISSN: 1943-0922