Potential role of a cognitive rehabilitation program following left temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.

Objectives: To assess the effects of a memory rehabilitation program in patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy following surgery.

Methods: Twenty-four patients agreed to participate and 18 completed the study; nine received memory rehabilitation while nine had no input and were designated as controls. Verbal learning efficiency, naming abilities, memory subjective ratings, ecological activity measures and a language fMRI paradigm were used as outcome measures.