Deafness lowers then slowly raises auditory cortex metabolism with duration
Evidence
Lee et al. ( 2003 ) used positron emission tomography (PET) to compare resting-state activity in 9 profoundly deaf individuals and 9 age-matched normal-hearing controls. They found that glucose metabolism in some auditory areas was lower than in normally-hearing people, but significantly increased with duration of deafness, and concluded that plasticity occurs in the sensory-deprived mature brain. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4273
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Category: Factual Claims