title: [Musical pseudo-hallucination in acquired hearing loss].
abstract: Auditory hallucinations take various forms including the perception of tinnitus, voices, and, rarely, music. While formed hallucinations are usually ascribed to psychiatric illness, we describe a syndrome of musical hallucinations in mentally sane patients, who are hard of hearing or deaf. 26 cases from the literature are supplemented by 6 own observations, including the first description of two cases in a single family. The different modes of emergence, the spectrum of clinical features and their course are outlined. Differential diagnostic, pathogenetic and therapeutic aspects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klostermann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieregge
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kömpf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Musik-Pseudohalluzinose bei erworbener Schwerhörigkeit.