Ictal Dysprosodia: Documentation by Fourier Spectral Analysis

Introduction: Dysprosodia in the literal sense is the disturbance of the speech melody which usually transports emotional contents of language. It accompanies sometimes aphasias but appears typically without aphasic symptoms in lesions of the non-dominant right hemisphere. Dysprosodia as an ictal phenomenon, however, is reported rarely. Methods: We report on a patient with dysprosodia during ictal speech. Ten seizures were documented by video EEG monitoring. The sound track of the video was then analyzed by Fourier spectral analysis. Results: The 22-year-old woman had suffered from epilepsy since age 13 years, s…