Patients with pure alexia typically read words by first naming each letter of the word, either
aloud or silently. These patients do not show signs of phonological alexia (poor pseudoword …

Two individuals with anomic aphasia and acquired alexia were each provided treatment for
their reading impairment. Although reading of single words in isolation was fairly accurate …

Following a stroke, patient TL presented with a pure alexia that also displayed the features
of phonological alexia (poor pseudoword reading, part-of-speech effect). This pattern was …

An experimental treatment study designed to improve both the accuracy and the speed of
reading was administered to a patient with pure alexia and impaired letter naming. The …

Letter-by-letter (LBL) reading is the phenomenon whereby individuals with acquired alexia
decode words by sequential identification of component letters. In cases where letter …

Alexia is an acquired disturbance in reading. Alexias that occur after left hemisphere
damage typically result from linguistic deficits and may occur as isolated symptoms or as …

Background: Reading problems are a common consequence of brain damage, whether as
an isolated symptom or part of an aphasic syndrome. Despite the prevalence of acquired …

We present a case study of a 43-year-old woman with chronic and stable pure alexia. Using
a multiple baseline design we report the results of two different interventions to improve …

Pure alexia is a reading impairment in which patients appear to read letter-by-letter. This
disorder is typically accounted for in terms of a peripheral deficit that occurs early on in the …

Background: Patients with deep alexia have great difficulty reading pseudowords, indicating
an impairment in phonological reading. One method that has been used in attempting to …