Altered Functional Connectivity in Patients With Sloping Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Conclusions: The results show that a sloping hearing loss is related to altered resting-state brain organization. Effects were shown in attention and cognitive control networks, as well as visual and sensorimotor regions. Specifically, we found that even in a partial hearing deficit (affecting only some of the hearing frequency ranges), the age at the onset affects the brain function differently, pointing to the role of sensitive periods in brain development.
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research