What is it about?
Cognitive results of standardised tests are mostly administered through the auditory modality and may be negatively influenced by any type of hearing impairment.
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Why is it important?
Measured cognition may reflect undiagnosed hearing loss (HL) or auditory processing disorder (APD).
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This page is a summary of: Over-diagnosis of cognitive deficits in psychiatric patients may be the result of not controlling for hearing sensitivity and auditory processing, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, July 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12768.
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