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Unilateral hearing loss alters brain connectivity, strengthening visual networks and weakening somatomotor networks. These changes in structural connectome occur despite no direct correlation with hearing loss severity or duration.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Connectomics

Background:

  • Whole brain connectome mapping is crucial for understanding auditory function.
  • Auditory deprivation, like unilateral hearing loss, may impact structural network connectivity, but this is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate alterations in structural network connectivity in patients with unilateral hearing loss.
  • To correlate hearing loss characteristics with brain network changes.

Main Methods:

  • Diffusion-weighted and T1-weighted imaging were used in 37 unilateral hearing loss patients and 19 controls.
  • Tractography and graph theory analyzed structural connectome metrics (edge strength, node strength, global efficiency).
  • Audiometry and word recognition scores were correlated with network measures.

Main Results:

  • Unilateral hearing loss patients showed stronger visual network connectivity and weaker somatomotor network connectivity.
  • Global efficiency of the structural connectome was higher in patients with hearing loss.
  • No significant correlations were found between hearing loss degree/duration and network alterations.

Conclusions:

  • Unilateral hearing loss induces significant changes in brain structural connectivity, including visual network upregulation and somatomotor network downregulation.
  • These findings highlight the brain's adaptive response to auditory deprivation through altered network organization.