Over-diagnosis of cognitive deficits in psychiatric patients may be the result of not controlling for hearing sensitivity and auditory processing

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Sep;72(9):742. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12768. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Authors

Vasiliki Iliadou¹, Nikolaos Moschopoulos¹, Christos Sidiras¹, Aikaterini Eleftheriadou², Ioannis Nimatoudis¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Psychoacoustics Lab, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Sector, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Department of Occupational Therapy, Metropolitan College, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 29999211
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12768

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Auditory Perceptual Disorders / complications
Auditory Perceptual Disorders / diagnosis*
Cognitive Dysfunction / complications
Cognitive Dysfunction / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
Humans
Neuropsychological Tests