Conversion deafness presenting as sudden hearing loss

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 289-293

  Wang, Ying Piao ^a   Wang, Mao Che ^b,c   Lin, Hung Ching ^a   Lee, Kuo Sheng ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conversion; Somatoform disorder; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745897592     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70260-6     Document Type: Article

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