Table 4.
Distribution of language sites in right hemisphere language dominant epilepsy patients as compared to left hemisphere language dominant epilepsy patients from larger Ojemann et al. (1989) study.
| Patient | Parietal | Superior Temporal | Middle Temporal | Posterior Inferior Frontal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| III | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
| IV | * | * | * | 1 |
| V | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| VI | * | 1 | 1 | * |
| VII | * | * | * | 1 (middle frontal) |
| VIII | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| IX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| X | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| XI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| XII | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| XIII | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
| Patients with sites/Patients tested | 3/10 (30%) | 5/11 (45.5%) | 5/11 (45.4%) | 9/10 (90%) |
| LH dominant patients with sites/Patients tested (G. Ojemann et al., 1989) | 41/102 (40.1%) | 68/104 (65.3%) | 37/98 (37.8%) | 65/82 (79.3%) |
| Pearson chi square | χ2 = .33 p = .57 | χ2 = 1.21, p = .27 | χ2 = .19, p = .67 | χ2 = 0.65, p = .42 |
*
Indicates that this area was not mapped.
**
This study investigated the distribution of left hemispheric language sites in 117 LH language dominant patients. Patients in this study typically had one frontal language sites and one or more temporoparietal language sites.