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Abnormal acoustic stapedial reflex pattern in a psychiatric patient

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Impedance audiometry is one of the simplest objective, and easy to perform test of audition for functional hearing loss patients. Normal impedance findings in the presence of inconsistent clinical symptoms of hearing loss suggest psychogenic or sensory neural deafness. A case of abnormal acoustic stapedial reflex pattern suggestive of retrocochlear involvement in a psychiatric patient is presented here.

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  1. Department of Speech Pathology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, P. B. 2900, 560029, Mangalore, India

    M. N. Nagaraja & N. Shivashankar

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Nagaraja, M.N., Shivashankar, N. Abnormal acoustic stapedial reflex pattern in a psychiatric patient. Indian J Otolaryngol 36, 95–97 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047610

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