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Effect of hearing enhancement on mental status ratings in geriatric psychiatric patients
J L Kreeger1, M L Raulin, J Grace
1Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo 14260.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|April 1, 1995
Abstract
Objective:
This study looked at the impact of hearing deficits on the assessment of psychopathology in geriatric psychiatric patients.
Method:
Psychiatric functioning and speech discrimination were measured in 21 elderly psychiatric patients in a crossover design.
Results:
Patients displayed less psychopathology when tested wearing a functioning hearing aid.
Conclusions:
Gradual hearing loss may confound the assessment of psychopathology in geriatric psychiatric patients.