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As a principle, bilateral temporal lobe lesions are necessary to develop central auditory dysfunction such as auditory agnosia. Even in adults with cerebrovascular accidents, it is not so easy to make correct diagnosis because its incidence is low. Moreover, it is very difficult to make precise diagnosis of such condition in children, because its incidence is far lower than adults and causative diseases are completely different from those of adults. Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is the most famous disease which develops auditory agnosia without organic lesions. At first in part I, the author will write and record LKS. Other causative diseases of auditory agnosia in children will be shown in Part II. Introduction of Part I, the author will show a little about Drs. Landau and Kleffner’s patients and her nation-wide survey of LKS in 2009.
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Kaga, M. (2021). Introduction. In: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Central Auditory Disorders in Children. Modern Otology and Neurotology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1479-6_1
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