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Reading Music / Playing Piano / Surgery
Sat, 02/12/2011 - 20:17Comments
Re: Reading Music / Playing Piano / Surgery
Submitted by pgd on Mon, 2011-02-14 - 16:33
Re: Reading Music / Playing Piano / Surgery
Submitted by anniesangels on Thu, 2011-02-24 - 18:37
My son had 90% of his right temporal lobe removed that included a tumor (ganglioglioma) along with parts of the the amygdala, hippocampus and uncus. He was also haveing complex partial seizures due to the tumor. This was 3 years ago when he was 10 and taking piano lessons. Now, 3 years post surgery and med free for the last 14 months (no seizures) he plays baratone and reads music beautifully...better than ever. I am also aware of a young man whose musical abilities improved after his brain surgery, though I am not certain it was temporal lobe.
Good Luck
My son had 90% of his right temporal lobe removed that included a tumor (ganglioglioma) along with parts of the the amygdala, hippocampus and uncus. He was also haveing complex partial seizures due to the tumor. This was 3 years ago when he was 10 and taking piano lessons. Now, 3 years post surgery and med free for the last 14 months (no seizures) he plays baratone and reads music beautifully...better than ever. I am also aware of a young man whose musical abilities improved after his brain surgery, though I am not certain it was temporal lobe.
Good Luck
Re: Reading Music / Playing Piano / Surgery
Submitted by forestams on Mon, 2011-02-14 - 13:56
I had a right temporolobectomy about 3 years ago and can still read music and am coordinated enough to still play piano and the clarinet. I believe that knowledge is more of a long term memory problem which shouldn't be affected by tweeking the temporal lobe. Good Luck!!