Table 2.

Autosomal Dominant Epilepsy with Auditory Features: Frequency of Select Features

Feature% of Persons w/FeatureComment
Epilepsy100%Most commonly reported seizure types include:
  • Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures accompanied by focal aware or focal impaired-awareness seizures, w/auditory symptoms (~88%-92%)
  • Reflex seizures (in response to sudden noises or a noisy environment) (~8%-13%)
Auditory features~57%-71%Can be simple (e.g., hearing a monotone sound such as humming or buzzing as in tinnitus) or complex (e.g., hearing voices or music)
Aphasia~17%-20%Typically receptive
EEG abnormalities~ 57%-80%Focal (temporal) or generalized

From: Autosomal Dominant Epilepsy with Auditory Features

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