Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6287382 | Hearing Research | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The use of four different methods used in our study, although showing changes that are not directly related, provides additional information and supports the conclusion that in prelingually deaf subjects structural alterations are present both in the auditory areas and elsewhere. Our results support the findings of those studies showing that early deafness results in decreased WM volume and microstructural WM alterations in the auditory areas. As we observed WM microstructural alteration also in several other areas and increased GM volume in the cerebellum in the deaf, we can conclude that early deafness results in widespread structural brain changes. These probably reflect atrophy or degradation as well as compensatory cross-modal reorganisation in the absence of the auditory input and the use of the sign language.
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Authors
Manja Hribar, Dušan Šuput, Altiere Araujo Carvalho, Saba Battelino, Andrej Vovk,