Non-organic hearing loss redefined: Understanding, categorizing and managing non-organic behaviour

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 449-457

  Austen, Sally ^a   Lynch, Catherine ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion deafness; Factitious hearing loss; Functional hearing loss; Malingering; Non organic hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEASUREMENT; MOTIVATION; NON ORGANIC HEARING LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 8144225643     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050057     Document Type: Review

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