Age-dependent plasticity in the superior temporal sulcus in deaf humans: a functional MRI study

BMC Neuroscience

Table 1 Subject profiles

						Lost audition (dB)
	Age (years)	Sex	Age of deafness onset (years)	Age of beginning JSL training (years)	Duration of JSL training	Right ear	Left ear	Performance (% correct)
Early-deaf signers
1	27	M	0	20	7	95	95	83.3
2	20	M	0	3.5	16.5	90	90	66.7
3	24	M	0	14	10	71	86	75.0
4	19	M	0	6	13	100	100	58.3
5	22	M	0	7	15	95	95	66.7
6	25	M	2	19	6	90	90	66.7
Average	22.8		0.3	11.58	11.3	90.2	92.7	69.4
Late-deaf signers
7	21	F	9	11	10	100	100	83.3
8	22	M	5	6	16	120	120	66.7
9	35	F	10	20	15	120	120	100.0
10	61	F	11	55	6	90	120	58.3
11	33	F	6	27	6	90	90	91.7
Average	34.4		8.2	23.8	10.6	104	110	80.0
Hearing signers
12	46	M		25	21			75.0
13	40	F		32	8			66.7
14	26	F		24	2			83.3
15	20	F		16	4			75.0
16	23	F		21	2			83.3
17	47	F		27	20			75.0
Average	33.7			24.2	9.5			76.4

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