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| action potentials in a large number of auditory nerve axons become phase-locked to the signal, occuring at identical times each cycle. Collectively, the population of neurons reproduces the frequency of the signal in action potentials |
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| frequencies above 2 Hz produce a shadow which results in intensity differences between the two ears |
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| disturbances in language function |
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| select correct words but make errors in assembling the constituent sounds |
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| producing sounds that normally do not occur in the patient's native language - foreign accent syndrome |
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| nonfluent aphasia - labored, slow speech - comprehension intact - patient aware of deficit - reading is laborious, writing has same defects as speech - posterior end of inferior frontal gyrus |
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| fluent aphasia - excessive speach with little semantic content - impaired comprehension - writing parallels language deficits - patient not aware of deficit - superior temporal gyrus |
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