Mapping the reading circuitry for skilled deaf readers: An fMRI study of semantic and phonological processing

• Published in: Brain and language Vol. 126; no. 2; pp. 169 - 180
• Main Authors: Emmorey, Karen, Weisberg, Jill, McCullough, Stephen, Petrich, Jennifer A.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.08.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Deaf; Deafness; Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology; Female; fMRI; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Handicap; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Left inferior prefrontal cortex; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Persons With Hearing Impairments; Phonetics; Phonology; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reading; Semantics; Word reading; fMRI; Left inferior prefrontal cortex; Phonology; Word reading; Semantics; Deaf; Human; Word; Central nervous system; Auditory disorder; Cognition; Prefrontal cortex; Encephalon; Hearing loss; Verbal ability; Reading; Language; Information processing; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; ENT disease

•fMRI study of the neural circuits engaged in skilled adult deaf and hearing readers.•Semantic word processing engaged a left frontal–temporal circuit in both groups.•Parietal activity was increased in deaf vs. hearing readers for a phonological task.•Left precentral gyrus was more active in deaf vs...