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Dutta, Manaswita; Murray, Laura L.; Miller, Wendy; Innis, Isaiah; Newman, Sharlene – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Cognition and language difficulties are frequently reported in both children and adults with epilepsy. The majority of the existing research has focused on pediatric epilepsy, documenting impairments in learning, academics, and social-emotional functioning. In comparison, language deficits in younger and older adults with epilepsy have…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Physiology, Epilepsy, Adults
McGoldrick, Patricia E. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
In the first installment of this series (Exceptional Parent Magazine, May 2010), the author discussed epilepsy surgery performed in persons whose areas of brain abnormality were initially deemed to be too extensive to safely perform a resection of the involved area. The process leading to surgical remediation for seizures is an involved one, but…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Quality of Life, Surgery