Aphonogelia After Recovery From Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report.
Scott A McLeodAlva LamAdam SpencerXing-Chang WeiVithya GnanakumarPublished in: PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation (2019)
During rehabilitation from a severe traumatic brain injury, a 16-year-old girl became aware that she had lost the ability to laugh out loud. This rare phenomenon previously has been described as "aphonogelia." A discussion of therapeutic avenues that were explored with this patient is presented in the first case, to our knowledge, of aphonogelia after a traumatic brain injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V.