A case report of acquired synesthesia and heightened creativity in a musician after traumatic brain injury.

Introduction: We report on a musician who acquired synesthesia, enhanced sensory experience, and improved creativity following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Background: Creativity and synesthesia can be acquired from an injury, though both simultaneously has not been frequently documented.

Narrative: This case report details heightened creativity and developing synesthesia in a 66-year-old right-handed man following TBI.

Toward a quantitative basis for assessment and diagnosis of apraxia of speech.

Purpose: We explored the reliability and validity of 2 quantitative approaches to document presence and severity of speech properties associated with apraxia of speech (AOS).

Method: A motor speech evaluation was administered to 39 individuals with aphasia. Audio-recordings of the evaluation were presented to 3 experienced clinicians to determine AOS diagnosis and to rate severity of 11 speech dimensions.