Concurrent Compensation for Auditory and Visual Processing in Individuals With Single-Sided Deafness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Auditory deprivation results in functional enhancement of the remaining intact visual modality, and the underlying mechanisms include cross-modal recruitment of additional resources from the auditory cortex and compensatory reorganization of the visual network in bilateral deafness. However, how resources are allocated between hearing and vision has not been determined in patients with partial auditory deprivation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between functional plasticity of the visual and auditory pathways in patients with congenital single-sided deafness (SSD), a typical partial deprivation condition.

Design

The cross-sectional cohort was comprised of 25 patients with congenital SSD (mean age ± SD = 31.6 ± 5.2 years, 13 males) and 25 normal

SUBMITTER: Qiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12352564 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature