Abstract
The orthographic system of the Korean language consists of both phonogram (Hangul) and ideogram (Hanja). We report 2 patients who revealed selective impairment in reading either of orthographies after the brain damages. YJ, a 67-year-old man, showed Broca's aphasia and severe apraxia of speech after a stroke in the left inferior parietal lobe. He demonstrated predominant difficulties in reading phonogram. KS, a 51-year-old woman, had an intracerebral hemorrhage in the left parietal lobe. She showed anomic aphasia and a selective impairment on reading ideogram. These findings support the notion that recognition of visual words is processed in different ways depending on the characteristics of orthographic systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 199-203 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | European Neurology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2006 |
Keywords
- Double dissociation
- Dyslexia
- Hangul
- Hanja
- Ideogram
- Phonogram
- Stroke