Table 2.
Peak activations for BA41 and BA42: profoundly deaf, residual hearing, and hearing groups (p < 0.001, uncorrected, minimum cluster size = 10).
| Group | Peak coordinates (BA41) | Number of voxels | Peak Z statistic | Peak coordinates (BA42) | Number of voxels | Peak Z statistic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Y | Z | X | Y | Z | |||||
| Checkerboard | ||||||||||
| Profound | / | / | / | / | / | 66 | −27 | 15 | 19 | 4.47 |
| Residual | / | / | / | / | / | 69 | −24 | 9 | 30 | 3.87 |
| Hearing | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
| Word | ||||||||||
| Profound | −48 | −33 | 12 | 23 | 4.49 | 60 | −30 | 15 | 29 | 3.78 |
| Residual | / | / | / | / | / | 69 | −27 | 9 | 12 | 3.64 |
| Hearing | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
| Sign language | ||||||||||
| Profound | 54 | −24 | 6 | 20 | 4.54 | 66 | −30 | 12 | 34 | 5.54 |
| / | / | / | / | / | −66 | −30 | 6 | 11 | 4.75 | |
| Residual | 48 | −33 | 9 | 24 | 5.07 | 66 | −36 | 18 | 31 | 4.62 |
| / | / | / | / | / | −63 | −30 | 6 | 18 | 4.75 | |
| Hearing | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |
| Lip-reading | ||||||||||
| Profound | 54 | −24 | 6 | 16 | 4.72 | 66 | −24 | 12 | 39 | 4.70 |
| / | / | / | / | / | −66 | −30 | 6 | 13 | 3.92 | |
| Residual | 57 | −27 | 12 | 18 | 4.41 | 63 | −24 | 12 | 45 | 5.10 |
| / | / | / | / | / | −69 | −27 | 6 | 38 | 5.36 | |
| Hearing | 54 | −24 | 6 | 13 | 4.44 | 66 | −30 | 12 | 33 | 4.40 |
| / | / | / | / | / | −69 | −27 | 6 | 14 | 4.26 | |
Peak coordinates refer to stereotactic coordinates in MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute) space. BA: Brodmann area.