A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct
We report the case of a 58-year-old male who presented with an episode of seizure and abrupt onset hearing loss. Neuroimaging revealed acute infarcts in bilateral Heschl gyri. Objective tests of peripheral auditory function were essentially normal and a diagnosis of cortical deafness was made.
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| author | Santhosh Narayanan K. Abdul Majeed Gomathy Subramaniam Arathi Narayanan K. M. Navaf |
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| description | We report the case of a 58-year-old male who presented with an episode of seizure and abrupt onset hearing loss. Neuroimaging revealed acute infarcts in bilateral Heschl gyri. Objective tests of peripheral auditory function were essentially normal and a diagnosis of cortical deafness was made. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41445e8e851c4530bad9ed92635ab02c2025-02-03T06:08:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352017-01-01201710.1155/2017/68167486816748A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus InfarctSanthosh Narayanan0K. Abdul Majeed1Gomathy Subramaniam2Arathi Narayanan3K. M. Navaf4Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaWe report the case of a 58-year-old male who presented with an episode of seizure and abrupt onset hearing loss. Neuroimaging revealed acute infarcts in bilateral Heschl gyri. Objective tests of peripheral auditory function were essentially normal and a diagnosis of cortical deafness was made.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6816748 |
| spellingShingle | Santhosh Narayanan K. Abdul Majeed Gomathy Subramaniam Arathi Narayanan K. M. Navaf A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct |
| title_full | A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct |
| title_short | A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct |
| title_sort | case of cortical deafness due to bilateral heschl gyrus infarct |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6816748 |
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