Multiple choice

If an old man has difficulty in localising sound, but has no other hearing deficits, then a lesion may have occurred in which of the following parts of the brain?

  1. Medial geniculate

  2. Inferior colliculus

  3. Vestibular nuclei

  4. Superior olivary nucleus

  5. Inferior olivary nucleus
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is correct. The superior olive is responsible for sound localisation based on the amount of time it takes the neural signals from the right and left ear to reach specific nuclei in the superior olivary complex.

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