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Psychogenic deafness

MedGen UID:
5454
•Concept ID:
C0018779
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Functional Hearing Loss; Hearing Loss, Functional; Hearing Loss, Nonorganic; Hearing Loss, Psychogenic; Nonorganic Hearing Loss; Psychogenic Hearing Loss
SNOMED CT: NOHL - Non-organic hearing loss (30169000); Non-organic hearing loss (30169000); Functional hearing loss (30169000); FHL - Functional hearing loss (30169000); Psychogenic deafness (30169000)

Definition

Hearing loss in the absence of auditory system pathology. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPsychogenic deafness

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Special techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic deafness.
HARDY WG
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1948 Mar;57(1):65-95. doi: 10.1177/000348944805700105. PMID: 18913521

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Psychological aspects of psychogenic deafness in children.
Yamamoto M, Kanzaki J, Ogawa K, Asano K
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1991 Apr;21(2):113-20. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(91)90141-w. PMID: 1889947

Diagnosis

Diagnostic significance of electrocochleogram and auditory evoked brainstem response in totally or subtotally deaf patients.
Ohashi T, Akagi M, Ochi K, Kenmochi M, Kinoshita H, Yoshino K
Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 1996;522:11-6. PMID: 8740803
Psychological aspects of psychogenic deafness in children.
Yamamoto M, Kanzaki J, Ogawa K, Asano K
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1991 Apr;21(2):113-20. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(91)90141-w. PMID: 1889947
Cochlear, brain stem, and cortical evoked responses in nonorganic hearing loss.
Sohmer H, Feinmesser M, Bauberger-Tell L, Edelstein E
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1977 Mar-Apr;86(2 pt. 1):227-34. doi: 10.1177/000348947708600215. PMID: 848835
Psychogenic deafness and its detection.
DOERFLER LG
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1951 Dec;60(4):1045-8; disc 1060-71. doi: 10.1177/000348945106000417. PMID: 14903825
Special techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic deafness.
HARDY WG
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1948 Mar;57(1):65-95. doi: 10.1177/000348944805700105. PMID: 18913521

Therapy

Psychogenic deafness; a survey and a psychiatric study.
ARENTSEN K
Acta Psychiatr Neurol Scand 1954;29(4):391-410. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1954.tb05696.x. PMID: 13258320

Prognosis

Psychological aspects of psychogenic deafness in children.
Yamamoto M, Kanzaki J, Ogawa K, Asano K
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1991 Apr;21(2):113-20. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(91)90141-w. PMID: 1889947

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