| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Research Abstract |
People who stutter(PWS) can reduce their stuttering rates under masking noise and altered auditory feedback ; such a response can be attributed to altered auditory input, which suggests that abnormal speech processing in PWS results from abnormal processing of auditory input. In order to characterize such abnormalities, we examined the functional changes in the auditory cortices of PWS using a 306-channel magnetoencephalography system. PWS exhibited impaired left auditory sensory gating(P50m suppression). The tonotopic organization in the right hemisphere ofPWS is expanded compared with that of the controls. The functional connectivity between both hemispheres were shown to be higher when sound was processed in the right hemisphere of PWS.
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