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The use of tinnitus sound generators for auditory hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2013

Rohul Amin ,
Candice E. Ortiz  and
Karen Parisien
Rohul Amin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland USA Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Candice E. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Karen Parisien
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland USA
*
Correspondence to: Dr Rohul Amin, Department of Psychiatry and Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. E-mail: rohul.amin.mil@health.mil
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Abstract

Auditory hallucinations present a significant challenge. Despite advances in treatment with novel antipsychotic agents, there are still a significant number of non-responders to standard therapy. We describe the case of a young patient with treatment resistant auditory hallucinations, with positive outcomes after being fitted with auditory sound generators commonly used for the treatment of tinnitus. As far as we are aware, this is only the third case so far described in the literature.

Keywords

Auditory hallucinationspsychosissound therapy
Type
Case Report
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , April 2014 , pp. 57 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © NAPICU 2013 

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