Abstract
Five children who had been treated brain surgery-one case of hemispherectomy caused byuncontrollable epilepsy, another of intracerebralhematoma and the others of head injurywere investigated of their type of organic lesions, age ofonset, the duration of speech therapy and the prognosis.
The duration of speech therapy varied fromthree months to four years. The first case, although his training had stareted in 15 yearsafter he had been performed left hemispheractomy, had shown improvement in speech and intelligence. Of the two other cases, one had contusionand severe brain edema but was able to work ata shop in a year and three months after thespeech therapy, and the other, who had sufferedfrom the left temporal intracerebral hematoma, improved and attended school in one year. Thelast two cases who had diffuse brain contusion, also showed a few signs of improvement.
The prognosis of severe cerebral damage inchildhood was better than that of adult cases.The young patients even when they had shownserious neurological or psychiatric symptoms aftertheir acute stage were able to improve if they hadreceived enough training for a long period oftime.
