Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Cortical Deafness–A Rare Case Report

V Jaya, S. S. Vignesh, S. S. Vignesh

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Central Auditory deficits can vary from pure word deafness to unresponsiveness to all environmental sounds. Cortical deafness is a term used to define severe central auditory deficits following bilateral lesions which are rare and provide unique opportunity to evaluate audiologically. Confirmation of cortical deafness requires detailed test battery approach with Auditory Evoked Potentials (AEP). This case report highlights the importance of AEP’s along with routine audiological testing in diagnosis of cortical deafness. Also we emphasis on complete speech , language evaluation to rule out aphasia, a language disorder commonly accompanied with mild to severe auditory comprehension deficits.

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V Jaya, S.S. Vignesh, S.S. Vignesh Cortical Deafness- A Rare Case Report Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 2 February 2015

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