ABSTRACT
The study of writing impairment in brain-damaged adult patients has usually been considered as a secondary aspect of their communication disorders. Writing rehabilitation has suffered from the same kind of limitations, its practice being considered only a tool contributing to the recovery of speech or the patient's occupation in everyday life. In 1967 Pizzamiglio and Roberts presented data concerning the ability of aphasic patients to learn written verbal material through a machine-aided technique. This machine, controlled by a punch tape, provided a typed sentence with the final word missing. The patient had to write the word by means of an external keyboard. The patient's reading abilities were extensively studied during a period of 15 months, two sessions a week. The main results of the study, reported by Carlomagno et al., allowed us to classify his reading impairment as surface dyslexia syndrome. The patient demonstrated a clear use of the learned strategy when he attempted to read this kind of written material.
