Bilateral destruction of auditory cortex in man causes: (A) Almost total deafness, (B) Hearing defect for higher frequency sounds, (C) Deficiency in interpretation of sounds, (D) Inability for the orientation of sounds
Answer is C. (C) Deficiency in interpretation of sounds # Lesion of auditory cortex leads to loss of recognition of total patterns with loss of analysis of properties of sound and sound localisation.> Thus lesion of auditory cortex leads to defect in interpretation of sounds.