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Speech
Disorders
Schönhärl,
Medicina Experimentalis (1960),331
reported that hydantoin therapy was helpful in a series of one hundred
and forty patients treated for speech and voice disorders. The author
did not specify which hydantoin was used.
331.
Schönhärl, E., Pharmacotherapeutic experiences in speech and vocal disturbances,
Med. Exp., 2: 179-183, 1960.
Sack,
University of California, Doctoral Thesis (1968),320
conducted a double-blind study with PHT in twenty-four stutterers.
Statistically significant reduction of stuttering intensity was found
with PHT (100 mg). The intensity of the stuttering was significantly reduced
although the frequency of stuttering was not changed.
320.
Sack, L. P., The effects of sodium Dilantin on stuttering behavior, Univ.
of Calif., L. A. Doctoral thesis, 1968.
Riley
and Massey, Headache (1980),2047
report on three patients with aphasia and headache, and left temporal
spikes, all of whom were successfully treated with PHT. The authors note
that in one case, when the patient “ran out” of PHT, headaches and slowing
of speech returned For
other reports on a variety of speech disorders, see Refs. 1763, 1821,
1911, 2029, 2154, 2172, 2198, 2206, 2208, 2243, 2568.
2047.
Riley, T. L. and Massey, E. W., The syndrome of aphasia, headaches, and
left temporal spikes, Headache, 20(2): 90-2, 1980.
1763. Caplan, L. R., Weiner, H., Weintraub, R. M. and Austen, W. G., “Migrainous”
neurologic dysfunction in patients with prosthetic cardiac valves,
Headache, 16: 218-21, 1976.
1821. Ellis, J. M. and Lee, S. I., Acute prolonged confusion in later
life as an ictal state, Epilepsia, 19: 119-28, 1978.
1911. JAMA, Questions and Answers, Recurrent transient motor aphasia in
39-year-old woman, JAMA,
238(23): 2541-2, 1977.
2029. Racy, A., Osborn, M. A., Vern, B. A. and Molinari, G. F., Epileptic
aphasia, Arch. Neurol., 37: 419-22, 1980.
2154. Behrens, J.M., Postmotor status epilepticus masking as a stroke,
Postgrad. Med., 68(5): 223-6,1980.
2172. Dinner, D.S., Lueders, H., Lederman, R. and Gretter, T.E., Aphasic
status epilepticus: a case report, Neurology 31: 888-91, 1981.
2198. Gilmore, R.L. and Heilman, K.M., Speech arrest in partial seizures:
evidence of an associated language disorder, Neurology, 31: 1016-9,
1981.
2206. Holmes, G. L., McKeever, M. and Saunders,
Z., Epileptiforrn activity in aphasia of childhood: an epiphenomenon,
Epilepsia, 22: 631-9, 1981.
2208. Jordan, L.S., Receptive and expressive language problems occurring
in combination with a seizure disorder: a case report, J. Commun. Disord.,
13: 295-303, 1980.
2243. Pritchard, III, P.B. and Gross, J.A., Ictal aphasia, Electroencephalogr.
Clin. Neurophysiol., 51: 75P, 1981.
2568. Hamilton, N. G., Matthew, T., Aphasia: the sole manifestation of
focal status epilepticus, Neurology, 29: 745-48, 1978.
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