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Evaluation of Cerebral White Matter in Prelingually Deaf Children Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Joint Authors
Lee, Jong-Min
Park, Kye Hoon
Chung, Won-Ho
Kwon, Hunki
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-02-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study compared white matter development in prelingually deaf and normal-hearing children using a tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) method.
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed in 21 prelingually deaf (DEAF group) and 20 normal-hearing (HEAR group) subjects aged from 1.7 to 7.7 years.
Using TBSS, we evaluated the regions of significant difference in fractional anisotropy (FA) between the groups.
Correlations between FA values and age in each group were also analyzed using voxel-wise correlation analyses on the TBSS skeleton.
Lower FA values of the white matter tract of Heschl’s gyrus, the inferior frontooccipital fasciculus, the uncinate fasciculus, the superior longitudinal fasciculus, and the forceps major were evident in the DEAF group compared with those in the HEAR group below 4 years of age, while the difference was not significant in older subjects.
We also found that age-related development of the white matter tracts may continue until 8 years of age in deaf children.
These results imply that development of the cerebral white matter tracts is delayed in prelingually deaf children.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Park, Kye Hoon& Chung, Won-Ho& Kwon, Hunki& Lee, Jong-Min. 2018. Evaluation of Cerebral White Matter in Prelingually Deaf Children Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1128081
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Park, Kye Hoon…[et al.]. Evaluation of Cerebral White Matter in Prelingually Deaf Children Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1128081
American Medical Association (AMA)
Park, Kye Hoon& Chung, Won-Ho& Kwon, Hunki& Lee, Jong-Min. Evaluation of Cerebral White Matter in Prelingually Deaf Children Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1128081
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1128081