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Abstract

• We review evidence for cross-modal cortical re-organization in clinical populations with hearing loss. Cross-modal plasticity refers to the ability for an intact sensory modality (e.g., vision or somatosensation) to recruit cortical brain regions from a deprived sensory modality (e.g., audition) to carry out sensory processing. We describe evidence for cross-modal changes in hearing loss across the age-spectrum and across different degrees of hearing impairment, including children with profound, bilateral deafness with cochlear implants, single-sided deafness before and after cochlear implantation, and adults with early-stage, mild-moderate, age-related hearing loss. Understanding cross-modal plasticity in the context of auditory deprivation, and the potential for reversal of these changes following intervention, may be vital in directing intervention and rehabilitation options for clinical populations with hearing loss.

Creator

• Sharma, Anu
• Glick, Hannah

Date Issued

• 2016-01-26

Academic Affiliation

• Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS)

Journal Title

• Brain Sciences

Journal Issue/Number

• 1

Journal Volume

• 6

Subject

• single-sided deafness
• visual evoked potentials
• age-related hearing loss
• cochlear implants
• P1 CAEP
• somatosensory evoked potentials
• cross-modal re-organization
• auditory cortex
• sensitive period
• auditory deprivation
• auditory evoked potentials

Last Modified

• 2019-12-05

Identifier

• PubMed ID: 26821049

Resource Type

• Article

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci6010004

ISSN

• 2076-3425

Language

• English [eng]

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