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. 2008;46(5):1233–1241. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.11.026

Table 3.

Regions positively associated with speechreading skill (TAS z-scores) in deaf and hearing participants

Hemisphere Size (voxels) x, y, z BA
Deaf group
 Cerebellum L 8 −11, −44, −30
 Middle temporal gyrus R 16 47, −26, −3 21
 Insula R 6 36, 15, 7
 Transverse temporal gyrus R 7 47, −19, 13 41
 Superior temporal gyrus L 16 −54, −26, 13 42
 Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex R 10 47, 22, 26 46
 Anterior cingulate gyrus 7 0, 15, 33 32/24
 Precentral gyrus R 5 29, −7, 50 6/4
 Middle frontal gyrus L 6 −29, −4, 53 6
 Middle frontal gyrus R 6 33, 0, 53 6



Hearing group
 Fusiform gyrus R 9 33, −44, −13 37
 Lingual gyrus R 8 11, −81, −7 18
 Posterior cingulate gyrus 6 0, −33, 23 23
 Posterior cingulate gyrus L 5 −4, −11, 30 23
 Postcentral gyrus R 11 51, −15, 30 4

Voxel-wise p-value = 0.05, cluster-wise p-value = 0.0025. Foci correspond to the most activated voxel in each 3-D cluster.