A Diagnostic Profile of Gerstmann's Syndrome: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Naude, H.; Pretorius, E.
Titel	A Diagnostic Profile of Gerstmann's Syndrome: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 173 (2003) 5, S.519-526 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Perceptual Impairments; Learning Disabilities; Females; Children; Case Studies; Measures (Individuals); Intelligence Quotient; Intelligence Tests; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Perceptual handicaps; Wahrnehmungsstörung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Messdaten; Intelligenzquotient; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The authors present a diagnostic profile of Gerstmann's syndrome, the subject being a girl, aged 10 years 3 months, right-handed, and at the time of this study in her fourth school year (Grade 4). The subject's verbal and non-verbal IQ scores and additional assessment data were analyzed and summative responses given. The Senior South African Individual Scale-- Revised was administered to determine the intellectual functioning of the subject. A qualitative analysis of the results revealed average intellectual functioning on both the verbal and full scales. The non-verbal scale revealed low average intellectual functioning. The difference between the verbal scale IQ and the non-verbal scale IQ was statistically significant at the 5% level of reliability. Based on the scatter analysis it is evident that the subject experienced difficulties with regards to numerical reasoning, handwriting, spatial disorientation and difficulty in mental manipulation of images, as associated with Gerstmann's syndrome. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10