Wender D
Classics Department, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
Arch Neurol. 1989 Jan;46(1):91-2. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520370093027.
The author (a classics professor) suffered a cerebrovascular accident, resulting in aphasia. In order to learn whether speech therapy helps aphasic patients to recover, the patient worked on Greek vocabulary and grammar and ignored Latin. (Both languages were equally well-known before the accident; skills in both languages had been totally lost afterward.) This case demonstrates the value of retraining an aphasic. After three years, testing demonstrated a professorial level of the Greek language, but Latin was essentially still missing.
作者（一位古典文学教授）遭遇了脑血管意外，导致失语。为了了解言语治疗是否有助于失语患者康复，该患者学习希腊语词汇和语法，而忽略了拉丁语。（事故前这两种语言他都同样熟悉；事故后两种语言的技能都完全丧失了。）这个案例证明了对失语患者进行再训练的价值。三年后，测试显示其希腊语达到了教授水平，但拉丁语基本上仍未恢复。
