Functional Plasticity in Auditory and Visual Discrimination Processing in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness: An EEG Study.

ABSTRACT: Single-sided deafness (SSD) is a typical condition of partial auditory deprivation. Total auditory deprivation triggers cross-modal neural reorganization, but in patients with partial hearing deprivation, how residual auditory function is balanced with the compensatory plasticity of other sensory modalities remains unclear. Previous studies have reported conflicting findings, potentially due to differences in study populations or task designs. Here, we investigated hierarchical neural processing in a homogeneous cohort of 37 congenital SSD patients (31.6 ± 6.5 years, 18 males) and 32 normal-hearing (NH) controls (30.6 ± 7.3 years, 14 males) using both auditory and visual oddball tasks with electroencephalography (EEG). In the auditory task, SSD patients presented reduced amplitudes of earl

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12816557 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature