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Failure of a Binaural Comprehension Deficit to Select Responders to Earplug use in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel J. Luchins ,
Vida Dyson ,
Patricia Hanrahan ,
Robert Marks  and
Lesley Blake
Daniel J. Luchins*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland, Chicago, Illinois USA 60637
Vida Dyson
Affiliation:
Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Patricia Hanrahan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
Robert Marks
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Research Program at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute
Lesley Blake
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Research Program at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Previous studies have suggested that on the Auditory Comprehension Test, a significant proportion of schizophrenics demonstrate a binaural comprehension deficit. To test whether wearing an earplug in their more poorly performing ear would be beneficial, we studied 34 in-patient schizophrenics and noted a binaural deficit in 12 (35%). Of these, eight patients subsequently wore an earplug in each ear for at least one week. We found no effect of the earplug on psychopathology.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 397 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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