Dysprosody in three patients with vascular cerebral damage
Abstract
The data on the neurological bases of
prosody are apparently contradictory. This
has led to the postulation of four different
hypotheses about the cerebral organization
of prosody. In the present study the rhythm
and melodic contours of spontaneous speech
are analyzed for two patients with vascular
damage in the right hemisphere and for one
in the left hemisphere. The acoustic analysis
demonstrated some prosodic problems with
relation to intonation but more with rhythm.
These data reinforce the hypothesis of
bilateral control of prosody and suggest the
intervention of sub-cortical areas. They also
contribute to the rejection of the
organizational model of prosody in the right
hemisphere as parallel to the linguistic
organization in the left hemisphere.
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