Hysterical deafness: an unusual presentation of stress in an air traffic control officer.
A case is described of an air traffic control officer who presented with paradoxical hearing loss, the aetiology of which is thought to have been functional. A review of the literature reveals no comparable case.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*