TABLE 3.

Associated Features that Favor Non-Neurogenic Language Disorders

Normal cognitive, neurological, and neuroimaging examinations Delayed onset or poor temporal relationship with presumed neurological event Associated or triggered by significant life events or psychological disturbance Related to the presence of a known psychiatric or psychological disturbance Remission that is related to resolution of comorbid psychogenic symptoms Remission that is related to resolution of psychological disturbance Relatively rapid or easy response and reversibility with minimal intervention Presence of functional speech disorders such as dysphonia or psychogenic stuttering Presence of other functional neurological disorders Presence of medically unexplained symptoms