AUDITORY PSEUDOHALLUCINATIONS INDUCED BY A COMBINATION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL-STRESS

Authors
BALAN S SPIVAK B NACHSHONI T KRON S MESTER R WEIZMAN A
Citation
S. Balan et al., AUDITORY PSEUDOHALLUCINATIONS INDUCED BY A COMBINATION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL-STRESS, Psychopathology, 29(3), 1996, pp. 198-200
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02544962
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
198 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-4962(1996)29:3<198:APIBAC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The case of a young woman soldier with perinatal hearing impairment wh o developed auditory hallucinations during her basic military training is described. The hallucinatory experience was not accompanied by gro ss psychopathology. The synergistic effect of hearing impairment and s tress may play a role in generating hallucinations.