Vibrotactile activation of the auditory cortices in deaf versus hearing adults

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 645-648

  Auer Jr , Edward T ^a,b   Bernstein, Lynne E ^b   Sungkarat, Witaya ^c   Singh, Manbir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Cross sensory plasticity; Deafness; Somatosensory; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 34247204132     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280d943b9     Document Type: Article

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