Cochlear Implant Users and Hearing Brain Centers (IMAGE)

Acoustical Society of America

Cochlear Implant Users and Hearing Brain Centers

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A good performer with the cochlear implant shows normal brain activations in response to visual and somatosensory (touch) stimulation. A cochlear implant user who performs averagely, however, shows additional recruitment of hearing brain centers for processing vision and tactile stimulation.

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Anu Sharma

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