THE EFFICACY OF KINESTHETIC READING TREATMENT FOR PURE ALEXIA

This paper presents an effective treatment for pure alexia by a type o f single-case design, which we termed a ''material-control single-case design'' [Sugishita et al., Neuropsychologia, Vol. 31, 559-569, 1993] . Two patients with pure alexia were treated using kinesthetic reading (reading by tracing or copying the outline of each letter with the pa tient's finger). The results clearly demonstrated that both patients s ignificantly improved their reading and copying performances. Their re covery of reading performance arose from improvement in copying. The r esults of tachistoscopic reading tests suggested that the patient obta ined the ability to read without kinesthetic movements.