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Cochlear implant benefits in deafness rehabilitation: PET study of temporal voice activations
- Source :
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. ⟨10.2967/jnumed.107.044545⟩, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. ⟨10.2967/jnumed.107.044545⟩, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. 〈10.2967/jnumed.107.044545〉
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2008.
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Abstract
- International audience; UNLABELLED: Cochlear implants may improve the medical and social prognosis of profound deafness. Nevertheless, some patients have experienced poor results without any clear explanations. One correlate may be an alteration in cortical voice processing. To test this hypothesis, we studied the activation of human temporal voice areas (TVA) using a well-standardized PET paradigm adapted from previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies. METHODS: A PET H(2)(15)O activation study was performed on 3 groups of adult volunteers: normal-hearing control subjects (n = 6) and cochlear-implanted postlingually deaf patients with >2 y of cochlear implant experience, with intelligibility scores in the "Lafon monosyllabic task" >80% (GOOD group; n = 6) or
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Profound deafness
Hearing loss
medicine.medical_treatment
Deafness
Audiology
Intelligibility (communication)
Auditory cortex
Activation study
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Oxygen Radioisotopes
Cochlear implant
medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
[INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Aged
Cerebral Cortex
Rehabilitation
[ INFO.INFO-IM ] Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging
business.industry
Water
Middle Aged
Control subjects
Temporal Lobe
Cochlear Implants
Acoustic Stimulation
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Positron-Emission Tomography
Speech Perception
Radiopharmaceuticals
medicine.symptom
business
Blood Flow Velocity
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01615505 and 15355667
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. ⟨10.2967/jnumed.107.044545⟩, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. ⟨10.2967/jnumed.107.044545⟩, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2008, 49 (1), pp.60-67. 〈10.2967/jnumed.107.044545〉
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....53fe4e79b99acea74ab70e6fade82caa