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Auditory hallucinations in a deaf patient: a case report
Identifier
019888
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
She was deaf, but she could hear.
I think the key finding was somewhat missed here - you do not need ears to hear
A description of the experience
Case Rep Psychiatry. 2013;2013:659698. doi: 10.1155/2013/659698. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
Auditory hallucinations in a deaf patient: a case report.
Pedersen N1, Ernst Nielsen R.
- 1Team for Psychotic Disorders, Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital, Aalborg University Hospital, Brandevej 5, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
Abstract
This case report describes the progression of symptoms in a young deaf female. Her initial psychotic symptoms occur at the age of 16, but she did not come into contact with a psychiatric treatment facility before the age of 27, where she felt symptoms were distressing. The case report describes the difficulties in evaluating psychotic symptoms in a deaf patient, as well as the use of specialized scales in combination with the standard psychiatric evaluation. The current evidence, concerning the prevalence of psychotic symptoms, as well as the influence of deafness on the understanding of psychosis, is described.
PMID:
23936715