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Sep 2026
Altered hemispheric lateralization of speech-related cortical activity in unilateral severe hearing loss: an fMRI study.
BACKGROUND Severe unilateral hearing loss is often managed conservatively after initial treatment because hearing in the contralateral ear is preserved. However, patients frequently experience difficulties in speech perception, particularly in noisy environments, that are not fully captured by conventional audiological...
Katsura Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, U. Tateishi et al.
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