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J Am Acad Audiol 2001; 12(02): 59-63
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1745581
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Strategies Used in Feigning Hearing Loss

Frederick N. Martin
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Craig A. Champlin
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Tiana M. McCreery
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Abstract

Thirty unsophisticated participants with normal hearing were paid to simulate a hearing loss according to their success in "deceiving" the examiner. The behaviors that these "malingerers" manifested are described . A post-examination interview revealed the strategies used by these participants, which may reflect those strategies used by patients who truly attempt to feign a hearing loss .

Abbreviations : AC = air conduction, BC = bone conduction, NOHL = nonorganic hearing loss, PB = phonetically balanced, PTA = pure-tone average, SRT = speech recognition threshold, WRS = word recognition score

Key Words

Malingering - nonorganic hearing loss - nonorganicity


Publication History

Article published online:
28 February 2022

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