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Hearing impairment and psychosis

L M Stein1, O J Thienhaus

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

International Psychogeriatrics
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Hearing impairment, particularly poorer speech discrimination, is linked to psychosis in older adults. This suggests hearing loss may be a risk factor for developing psychosis in the elderly population.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychiatry
  • Audiology

Background:

  • Psychotic illnesses can affect older adults.
  • Hearing impairment is prevalent in the elderly population.
  • The link between hearing loss and psychosis requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between hearing impairment and psychotic illness in elderly patients.
  • To compare audiological assessments between hospitalized psychiatric patients and community-dwelling controls.

Main Methods:

  • The study included twenty hospitalized patients (aged 55-77) with psychotic illness and twenty age-matched controls.
  • All participants underwent psychiatric evaluations and comprehensive audiologic assessments.
  • Discriminant analysis and ANOVA were used for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • Patients with psychosis exhibited significantly poorer unilateral pure tone averages (PTA) and bilateral speech discrimination than controls.
  • Individuals with mood disorders showed poorer unilateral PTAs.
  • Subjects with paranoid ideation had better left ear speech discrimination than nonparanoid subjects.

Conclusions:

  • Hearing impairment, especially reduced speech discrimination, is associated with psychosis in the elderly.
  • Hearing impairment may be a potential risk factor for psychosis development in older adults.
  • Further research is warranted to explore the causal relationship and underlying mechanisms.

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