A health care provider assesses a client who was struck in the head and no longer has the sensation of touch, pressure, temperature, or pain, but they can taste. Which lobe of the brain was injured?

The temporal lobe is primarily responsible for processing auditory information and is also involved in memory and speech. Damage to this lobe would result in symptoms related to these functions, not a loss of touch, pressure, temperature or pain sensations.

The insular lobe (insula) plays a role in diverse functions usually linked to emotion or the regulation of the body's homeostasis. These functions include perception, motor control, self-awareness, cognitive functioning, and interpersonal experience. Damage to this lobe would not result in the loss of touch, pressure, temperature, or pain sensations.

The frontal lobe is involved in a variety of functions including motor skills, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior. Therefore, an injury to the frontal lobe would not result in loss of touch, pressure, temperature, or pain sensations.