• An fMRI-study on single-sided deafness: Spectral-temporal properties and side of stimulation modulates hemispheric dominance 

      Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Brännström, Jonas; Vassbotn, Flemming; Specht, Karsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-06)
      <i>Objective</i>: Our main aim was to investigate the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response to monaural and binaural speech- and non-speech stimuli as measured with fMRI in subjects with single-sided deafness and in normal hearing controls. We hypothesised that the response to monaural stimulation in both normal hearing subjects and persons with single-sided deafness would vary with the ...
    • Reduced grey- and white matter volumes due to unilateral hearing loss following treatment for vestibular schwannoma 

      Heggdal, Peder Olaf Laugen; Larsen, Kristina S.; Brännström, Jonas; Aarstad, Hans Jørgen; Specht, Karsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-03)
      <i>Objective</i> - Previous studies of the consequences of unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on the functional-structural organization of the brain has included subjects with various degrees of UHL. We suggest that the consequences of a total loss of hearing in one ear might differ from those seen in subjects with residual hearing in the affected ear. Thus, the main aim of the present study was to compare ...