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Table 2.

Comparison of FA and MK Values in the Various Brain Regions of Controls and Patients*.

	Children > 3 Years			Children 1–3 Years
	Controls (n = 20)		SNHL (n = 40)	Controls (n = 18)	SNHL (n = 32)
	Mean ± SE		Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE
Auditory radiation	FA	0.495 ± 0.006	0.444 ± 0.005^‡	0.466 ± 0.010	0.412 ± 0.007^‡
Auditory radiation	MK	0.869 ± 0.011	0.834 ± 0.011^†	0.783 ± 0.012	0.790 ± 0.010
Trapezoid body	FA	0.491 ± 0.010	0.472 ± 0.007	0.439 ± 0.004	0.440 ± 0.007
Trapezoid body	MK	1.031 ± 0.008	0.970 ± 0.015^†	0.960 ± 0.018	0.925 ± 0.013
Superior olivary nucleus	FA	0.366 ± 0.008	0.354 ± 0.007	0.360 ± 0.011	0.333 ± 0.007
Superior olivary nucleus	MK	0.992 ± 0.015	0.929 ± 0.017^‡	0.882 ± 0.018	0.886 ± 0.016
Medial geniculate body	FA	0.400 ± 0.008	0.392 ± 0.004	0.361 ± 0.014	0.371 ± 0.006
Medial geniculate body	MK	0.781 ± 0.018	0.738 ± 0.016	0.686 ± 0.023	0.676 ± 0.015
Heschl’s gyrus	FA	0.494 ± 0.007	0.316 ± 0.005^‡	0.336 ± 0.009	0.298 ± 0.005^‡
Heschl’s gyrus	MK	0.870 ± 0.012	0.834 ± 0.011^†	0.561 ± 0.015	0.583 ± 0.009
Middle frontal gyri	FA	0.380 ± 0.007	0.351 ± 0.007^†	0.362 ± 0.013	0.321 ± 0.007^†
Middle frontal gyri	MK	0.770 ± 0.018	0.703 ± 0.016^†	0.599 ± 0.014	0.612 ± 0.0100
Inferior frontal gyri	FA	0.393 ± 0.010	0.357 ± 0.007^‡	0.361 ± 0.013	0.341 ± 0.006
Inferior frontal gyri	MK	0.767 ± 0.021	0.724 ± 0.012^†	0.619 ± 0.019	0.645 ± 0.009
Middle temporal gyri	FA	0.340 ± 0.010	0.351 ± 0.006	0.352 ± 0.009	0.341 ± 0.007
Middle temporal gyri	MK	0.738 ± 0.021	0.688 ± 0.013^†	0.579 ± 0.018	0.559 ± 0.021
Superior temporal gyri	FA	0.751 ± 0.066	0.431 ± 0.036^‡	0.633 ± .0770	0.623 ± 0.072
Superior temporal gyri	MK	0.466 ± 0.035	0.552 ± 0.020^‡	0.393 ± 0.041	0.393 ± 0.041
Angular gyrus	FA	0.362 ± 0.013	0.325 ± 0.008^‡	0.385 ± 0.043	0.385 ± 0.043
Angular gyrus	MK	0.804 ± 0.026	0.698 ± 0.012^‡	0.635 ± 0.020	0.635 ± 0.020
Supramarginal gyrus	FA	0.340 ± 0.009	0.332 ± 0.0061	0.331 ± 0.014	0.331 ± 0.014
Supramarginal gyrus	MK	0.743 ± 0.017	0.689 ± 0.012^†	0.638 ± 0.018	0.638 ± 0.018
Hippocampus	FA	0.336 ± 0.010	0.317 ± 0.007	0.314 ± 0.012	0.314 ± 0.012
Hippocampus	MK	0.603 ± 0.015	0.580 ± 0.012	0.529 ± 0.025	0.529 ± 0.025

^*The table demonstrates differences with P values of <0.01or <0.05 compared with the controls. Values are presented as the mean ± SD.

^†Statistically significant difference: ^† P < 0.05, ^‡ P < 0.01.