Functional selectivity for face processing in the temporal voice area of early deaf individuals

Significance Here, we show that deaf individuals activate a specific and discrete subregion of the temporal cortex, typically selective to voices in hearing people, for visual face processing. This reorganized “voice” region participates in face identity processing and responds selectively to faces early in time, suggesting that this area becomes an integral part of the face network in early deaf individuals. Observing that face processing...