Distúrbio perceptual na anosognosia na afasia de Wernicke e o processo terapêutico / Perceptual disorder in anosognosia in Wernicke's aphasia and the therapeutic process

ABSTRACT

A case study of an Wernicke's aphasic with anosognosia pointed out a selective percentual disorder underlying the unconsciousness for his anomalous speech a failure in phonemic decodification, whereas auditive form perception conected with the semantic lexicon maintainded intact. Speech pathology procedures for evaluation and therapy are discussed showing his speech improvement due to an attentional work and to the development of visual and somestesic strategies