title: Cortical hearing deficit. A deaf brain.
abstract: Deafness occasionally results from bilateral lesions of the temporal lobes. Conventional methods of assessing hearing are not helpful in the diagnosis of this condition. We describe the case of a patient who exhibited the hallmark of a cortical hearing disorder--he was able to hear simple sounds, but could not make sense of complex sounds such as speech and music.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed