After an accident, a professional musician has difficulty comprehending what is said and cannot associate any of the instruments he has played with the sounds they make. What part of his brain is most likely damaged?

(A) frontal lobes

(B) hippocampus

(C) cerebellum

(D) parietal lobes

(E) temporal lobes

Temporal

Explanation:

The temporal lobe of the brain has a primary auditory area in its superior part. The primary auditory area is involved in obtaining sensory information about sound and its perception.

Wernicke's area is an association area present in temporal lobe. It receives the inputs from the primary auditory area and is responsible for interpretation of spoken or written words. The auditory association area of the temporal region allows the recognition of sound as music.

Since the musician is not able to interpret the sound of instruments and has a problem in comprehension of said words, his temporal lobe of the brain must be damaged.