Auditory sensitivity in psychiatric patients and non-patients: Monotic click detection

Gerard Bruder*, Bonnie Spring, Allan Yozawitz, Samuel Sutton

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Abstract

SYNOPSIS The sensitivity in detecting a click was measured separately for the right and left ear of psychiatric patients and non-patient controls using a three-interval forced-choice staircase procedure. Patients with affective disorders showed reduced right ear sensitivity, while schizophrenic patients did not show reduced sensitivity. Lower sensitivity correlated with higher structuredinterview ratings of speech retardation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)133-138
Number of pages6
JournalPsychological Medicine
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980

Funding

The participation of many individuals helped make this research possible; they include: Dr Lawrence Sharpe, Dr Barry Gurland, Mr Salvatore Mannuzza, Mr Paul Berger-Gross, Mr Robert Laupheimer and Mr Raymond Simon. We also thank Dr M. Wallach, Director of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, for the use of hospital facilities. This research was supported in part by grants MH-18422 (Dr Gerard Bruder) and MH-27342 £Drs Joseph Zubin and Samuel Sutton) from the National Institute of Mental Health (United States Public Health Service), by grant HRC-35 (Dr Samuel Sutton) from New York State Health Research Council, and by Biomedical Research Support Grant funds (Dr Gerard Bruder) from New York State Psychiatric Institute.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Applied Psychology

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