Research Article

Language and Sensory Neural Plasticity in the Superior Temporal Cortex of the Deaf

Table 2

Peak activations for BA41 and BA42: profoundly deaf, residual hearing, and hearing groups (, uncorrected, minimum cluster size = 10).

GroupPeak coordinates (BA41)Number of voxelsPeak statisticPeak coordinates (BA42)Number of voxelsPeak statistic

Checkerboard
 Profound/////66−2715194.47
 Residual/////69−249303.87
 Hearing/////////
Word
 Profound−48−3312234.4960−3015293.78
 Residual/////69−279123.64
 Hearing/////////
Sign language
 Profound54−246204.5466−3012345.54
/////−66−306114.75
 Residual48−339245.0766−3618314.62
/////−63−306184.75
 Hearing/////////
Lip-reading
 Profound54−246164.7266−2412394.70
/////−66−306133.92
 Residual57−2712184.4163−2412455.10
/////−69−276385.36
 Hearing54−246134.4466−3012334.40
/////−69−276144.26

Peak coordinates refer to stereotactic coordinates in MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute) space. BA: Brodmann area.