Cross-modal plasticity in the auditory cortex of pre- and postlingual deaf patients - Cross-modal brain plasticity in deaf patients

niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht0 个研究点目标入组 30 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年4月29日

适应症

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•In order to be eligible to participate in the complete study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
•- Age between 18 and 60 years
•- Normal or corrected to normal vision
•- Normal literacy in the Dutch or English language;Additional inclusion criteria for the three studied groups:
•Hearing control group
•- Hearing thresholds for individual frequencies tested in standard audiometry (125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 Hz) <= 30 dB HL, and the average threshold over 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz <= 20 dB HL
•Prelingual deaf group
•- Congenital deafness or onset of deafness before the age of 4 years
•- No use of hearing aids or in case of use of conventional hearing aid, a speech perception score below 60% ;Postlingual deaf group
•- Onset of deafness after the age of 7 years
•- No use of hearing aids or in case of use of conventional hearing aid, a speech perception score below 60%

•Not fulfilling the criteria of the standard 7 Tesla fMRI inclusion list, including the presence of any type of metal in the body, tattoos on the skin and pregnancy.

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niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht