A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct

Santhosh Narayanan; K. Abdul Majeed; Gomathy Subramaniam; Arathi Narayanan; K. M. Navaf

doi:10.1155/2017/6816748

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2017)

A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct

Santhosh Narayanan,
K. Abdul Majeed,
Gomathy Subramaniam,
Arathi Narayanan,
K. M. Navaf

Affiliations

Santhosh Narayanan: Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
K. Abdul Majeed: Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Gomathy Subramaniam: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Arathi Narayanan: Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
K. M. Navaf: Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6816748
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2017

Abstract

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We report the case of a 58-year-old male who presented with an episode of seizure and abrupt onset hearing loss. Neuroimaging revealed acute infarcts in bilateral Heschl gyri. Objective tests of peripheral auditory function were essentially normal and a diagnosis of cortical deafness was made.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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