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Disentangling a Functional Speech Disorder in the Context of another Neurologic...
Stein, Beatriz; Sotero, Filipa; Fonseca, JoséThis clinical case describes the communication profile of a functional speech disorder. A 48-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency service due to sudden changes in speech, generalized dystonia and gait ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple supra and infratentorial inflammatory lesions involving the posterior occipito-temporal lobes bilaterally, frontal convexity bilaterally, insula and param...
Aphasia Screening Test (TeRAp): Construction and Validation for European Portug...
Fonseca, José; Miranda, Filipa; Stein, Beatriz; Maruta, CarolinaIntroduction: Aphasia is a common acquired language disorder following stroke or other brain injuries. However, it is not always easy to make a differential diagnosis with another communication disorder. Communication assessment in acute phases of the stroke, when the patient is bedridden or when there is no time for a more in-depth assessment, needs to be done with a formal screening test that has normative da...