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Functional Hearing Loss

By: Marni Johnson Martin & Adrian Aylor
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders
Edited by: Jack S. Damico & Martin J. Ball
Subject:Speech, Language & Communication Needs (SLCN), Speech / Language Therapy, Communication Studies (general)
Keywords:functional hearing loss; hearing; loss

Functional hearing loss is a type of nonorganic hearing loss. The term functional is often used by psychologists and physicians to describe conditions with nonorganic symptoms. This type of hearing loss does not appear to be due to any specific pathology in the auditory system. There are many terms that have used by audiologists and other professionals to describe functional hearing loss. This entry discusses the terminology, [Page 794]characteristics of patients who might present with functional hearing loss, and testing.

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Nonorganic hearing loss, erroneous hearing loss, pseudohypacusis, false or exaggerated hearing loss, factitious disorder, malingering, psychogenic hearing loss, and hysterical deafness have all been referenced at one point or another in the literature. All of these terms represent functional hearing loss; however, the terminology listed above ...

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  Martin, M., & Aylor, A. (2019). Functional hearing loss. In J. Damico, & M. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders (Vol. 1, pp. 794-796). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n264
  
  Martin, Marni Johnson, and Adrian Aylor. "Functional Hearing Loss." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders, edited by Damico, Jack S., and Martin J. Ball, 794-96. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n264.
  
  Martin, M. and Aylor, A. 2019. Functional Hearing Loss. In: Jack S. Damico and Martin J. Ball Editors, 2019. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 794-796 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n264> [Accessed 2 Jul 2022].
  
  Martin, Marni Johnson and Adrian Aylor. "Functional Hearing Loss." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. Edited by Jack S. Damico and Martin J. Ball. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 794-96. SAGE Knowledge. 2 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n264.
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