Alexia for Braille Following Bilateral Occipital Stroke in an Early Blind Woman
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Abstract
Recent functional imaging and neurophysiologic studies indicate that the occipital cortex may play a role in Braille reading in congenitally and early blind subjects. We report on a woman blind from birth who sustained bilateral occipital damage following an ischemic stroke. Prior to the stroke, the patient was a proficient Braille reader. Following the stroke, she was no longer able to read Braile yet her somatosensory perception appeared otherwise to be unchanged. This case supports the emerging evidence for the recruitment of striate and prestriate cortex for Braille reading in early blind subjects. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
DOI
10.1097/00001756-200002070-00003
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Hamilton, Roy; Keenan, Julian; Catala, Maria; and Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, "Alexia for Braille Following Bilateral Occipital Stroke in an Early Blind Woman" (2000). Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 234.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/234