BookMakiko Kaga, Kimitaka Kaga.
Summary: This book addresses current topics concerning Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS) and related central auditory disorders from the perspectives of epidemiology, diagnosis, genetics and clinical treatment. LKS is a rare childhood neurological disorder and manifests auditory agnosia as the central auditory verbal dysfunction. In many cases, LKS patients also suffer from epileptic seizures. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which outlines LKS from its historical background to clinical treatment. In turn, the second part examines current topics involving related central auditory disorders, for purposes of comparing them with LKS. The book offers a valuable resource for many specialists, such as pediatric neurologists, neuropsychologists, audiologists and epileptologists, with an interest in this field.
Contents:
Part 1. Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS).
History of LKS and its epidemiology
Diagnostic paradigms
Etiology and genetics
Treatment and long-term prognosis
Case histories
Fifty years in the history of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS). Part 2. Related central auditory disorders.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Cerebrovascular accidents
Auditory agnosia in children due to Herpes Encephalitis
Transient auditory agnosia/cortical deafness during the recovery phase of acute encephalopathy of unknown origin
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
Long-term hydrocephalus
Brain malformation and hydrocephalus.