Pure word deafness: a case report of an atypical manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease
- Salemme S.
- Benuzzi F.
- Fiondella L.
- Carbone C.
- Vinceti G.
- Magarelli S.
- Molinari M. A.
- Malagoli M.
- Zamboni G.
- Chiari A.
Publication date
January 2022
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAbstract
Auditory agnosia refers to the impairments in sound recognition despite intact hearing and written language abilities. When auditory agnosia is specific to spoken language, it can be indicated as pure word deafness (PWD), which is characterized by the isolated difficulty in understanding spoken language, despite preserved reading comprehension, recognition of nonverbal sounds, and production of written and spoken language
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