A 40-Year-Old Patient Describes an Inability to Determine Where Sound

question 78

Multiple Choice

A 40-year-old patient describes an inability to determine where sound is localized, but her hearing is otherwise normal. Which of the following structures would NOT be the location of a lesion causing this symptom?

• A) medial geniculate nucleus
• B) superior colliculus
• C) cochlear nucleus
• D) lateral lemniscus
• E) auditory cortex

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