stuttering/seizures

Acquired stuttering is an uncommon speech disorder. Supplementary motor area (SMA) lesions have been reported to be directly or indirectly related to acquired stuttering and various types of motor dysfunction. We report on a patient who presented with both acquired stuttering and long-lasting gait

Stuttering is characterized by involuntary syllabic repetitions and interruption in the smooth flow of speech. The exact cause of primary stuttering remains a matter of debate but a frontal dysfunction has been evoked. On the other hand, acquired stuttering is uncommon. We report a case of reflex

A case is presented in which adult onset stuttering and focal seizures appear to be linked. The EEG showed left anterior and mid-temporal sharp waves. The patient responded well to combined therapy with phenytoin, fluency exercises, and stress reduction. The association between stuttering and

OBJECTIVE To determine if ictal stuttering (IS) is more common among patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) than patients with epileptic seizures (ES). METHODS The authors prospectively reviewed the medical records, EEG-video recordings, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

A 14-year-old right-handed boy developed spells of lip twitching only while reading. With prolonged reading, he occasionally experienced loss of awareness and limb jerking (figure and video on the Neurology® Web site at www.neurology.org). Reading epilepsy is a rare form of reflex seizure in which

BACKGROUND Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are often disabling and usually associated with psychiatric disorders and reduced quality of life. Although often suspected based on historical and clinical features, the gold standard for diagnosis of PNES is video electroencephalography.

Persistent developmental stuttering (PDS) has been treated by speech and language and psychotherapy with limited success. We report the case of a 69-year-old with PDS since the age of five. A left perisylvian meningioma was successfully resected following investigation for generalised seizure.

A patient had seizures triggered by spontaneous blinking associated with the act of beginning to speak. Diffuse paroxysmal discharges in the EEG appeared when the patient was blinking in darkness or in bright light. Closing the eyes voluntarily, on command, or as a reflex reaction produced this

Landau-Kleffner syndrome is marked by an acquired aphasia in children who have had normal language and motor development. A 3.5-year-old girl was referred to our clinic with stuttering. She was diagnosed as having benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy at 3.5 months of age and treated with valproic

OBJECTIVE Language-induced epilepsy involves seizure precipitation by speaking, reading, and writing. Seizures are similar to those of reading epilepsy (RE). The nosologic position of language-induced epilepsy is not clear. We performed a clinical and neurophysiological study in a multigenerational

Acquired stuttering subsequent to subcortical pathology of mesothalamus was observed in four neurosurgical subjects. The patients suffered from chronic pain, seizures, and somatosensory disorders. They also exhibited unpredictable and uncontrollable speech, spasmodic blocks which were devoid of