Unilateral Psychogenic Hearing Loss in Childhood; A Report of Two Cases.

• Akita Shigeki

  Gifu University

• Okawa Tsuyoshi

  Gifu University

• Ito Keiko

  Gifu University

• Mizuta Keisuke

  Gifu University

• Kojima Toshimi

  Gifu University

• Ito Yatsuji

  Gifu University

• Miyata Hideo

  Gifu University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 小児における一側性心因性難聴の２症例

Abstract

We treated two 8-year-old females with psychogenic hearing loss of sudden onset. Both audiograms showed unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and no saucer audiogram. However, their auditory brainstem responses and stapedial reflexes were normal. The second patient also had psychogenic stricture of her visual field. The contradiction between subjective audiometry and objective measurements suggested psychogenic hearing loss. The external cause was a friend's shouting in her ear in the first case, and a thunderstorm in the second case. Both patients were treated with psychotherapy, and their hearing levels were restored to normal. The stricture of the visual field in the second case was also improved.

Journal

• Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica

  Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica 86 (6), 799-805, 1993

  The Society of Practical Otolaryngology

Keywords

• childhood
• psychogenic hearing loss
• unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Details

• CRID: 1390001204261270784
• NII Article ID: 130001812697
• DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.86.799
• ISSN: 18844545
• ISSN: 00326313
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1994012268
• Text Lang: ja
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