[Memory and interference resistance of the speech-acoustic system as the indicators of the functional state of the temporal structures in focal epilepsy].

In 99 patients with focal epilepsy, the memory was studied in comparison of melodies and emotions along with the speech-acoustic++ system noise rejection. The degree of these functions impairment was primarily determined by the severity of the brain organic damage and other intra- and extrafocal factors. The impairment of noise rejection could be manifested by its increase or decrease with reference to the normal levels. Memory disorders manifested themselves in facilitated comparison of emotions and especially of melodies with increased delay. Decreased noise rejection and memory disorders were most pronounced in right temporal pathology. Increased noise rejection pathognomonic of the children with cerebral paralysis and left temporal lobe lesion was related to the activation in the mirrored focus.