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

  • Daniel J. Luchins (a1), Vida Dyson (a2), Patricia Hanrahan (a3), Robert Marks (a4) and Lesley Blake (a4)...
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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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    David, Anthony S. 1994. Schizophrenia and the corpus callosum: Developmental, structural and functional relationships. Behavioural Brain Research, Vol. 64, Issue. 1-2, p. 203.
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