'Deaf hearing': Unacknowledged detection of auditory stimuli in a patient with cerebral deafness

Cortex

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Garde, Maria Mozaz ^a   Cowey, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory agnosia; Auditory awareness; Cerebral deafness; Cortical deafness; Deaf hearing; Implicit awareness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PONS ANGLE; SOUND DETECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0343114302     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70837-2     Document Type: Article

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