Abstract
This paper reports on seven cases of acquired childhood aphasia with age of onset ranging from 1:7 to 12:8. Following a discussion of their clinical profile, a description of their lesions, the age of onset, and their recovery of language abilities is presented. Six of the cases had suffered head injuries. In terms of lesions, four cases are left hemisphere, two bilateral, and one right hemisphere in a left-handed patient. Compared with adult cases, the patients recovered language use relatively rapidly, moving from mutism to the use of single words and then simple sentences. Several of the patients, however, had difficulty learning the kana (phonetic script) used in school textbooks. This suggests the necessity of giving greater attention to the education difficulties such patients encounter.
