Patient RS Has Damage to His Primary Auditory Cortex, but There

question 60

Multiple Choice

Patient RS has damage to his primary auditory cortex, but there is no damage to his cochlea or auditory nerve.What problems might this patient have?

• A)Intact frequency discrimination and detection threshold, but a deficit in discriminating differences in individual voices.
• B)There would be no deficits as the belt and parabelt regions are undamaged.
• C)There would be severe deficits in speech recognition, but music perception would continue unimpaired.
• D)The patient would have deficits in discriminating frequencies and might report no hearing at all.

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