Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2020
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
First Advisor
Toshikazu Ikuta
Second Advisor
Gregory Snyder
Third Advisor
Hyejin Park
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Hearing loss is a known symptom among people who suffer from traumatic brain injuries. Studies have shown that sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss resulting from traumatic brain injury. However, it is not well understood whether the auditory pathway is affected by traumatic brain injury. In this study, we examined the auditory radiation, using diffusion tensor imaging data and probabilistic tractography. Fifty-three veterans with traumatic brain injury and forty-four veterans without traumatic brain injury are compared. There was no significant difference in fractional anisotropy of the auditory radiation between those with and without traumatic brain injury. It is suggested that the auditory radiation is not impacted by traumatic brain injury, while sensorineural hearing loss is commonly found in individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Recommended Citation
Walsh, Jane, "The Auditory Radiation in Traumatic Brain Damage: Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study" (2020). Honors Theses. 1496.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1496
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