Dysgraphia in a Patient with Bilateral Opercular Syndrome

Abstract

We reported a boy with bilateral opercular syndrome caused by perinatal difficulty who showed dysgraphia. He progressed well in word and sentence comprehension during four year therapy, but spelling abilities were not acquired. Analysis of spelling errors clarified impairment of verbal comprehension, which improved with slow speech presentation, and impairment of phonological reconstruction. We speculated that these impairments were caused by his cerebral lesions.