Apraxia of speech with phonological alexia and agraphia following resection of the left middle precentral gyrus: illustrative case

Levy, Deborah F.; Silva, Alexander B.; Scott, Terri L.; Liu, Jessie R.; Harper, Sarah; Zhao, Lingyun; Hullett, Patrick W.; Kurteff, Garret; Wilson, Stephen M.; Leonard, Matthew K.; Chang, Edward F.

doi:10.3171/case22504

Apraxia of speech with phonological alexia and agraphia following resection of the left middle precentral gyrus: illustrative case

BACKGROUND Apraxia of speech is a disorder of speech-motor planning in which articulation is effortful and error-prone despite normal strength of the articulators. Phonological alexia and agraphia are disorders of reading and writing disproportionately affecting unfamiliar words. These disorders …