Phoneme discrimination in schizophrenia.
Ear differences on a task involving a simple phonetic judgement were investigated in schizophrenic subjects using both healthy normal and depressed patient control groups. A deficit in phonemic differentiation was demonstrated and appeared to be specific to the schizophrenic group. The result is interpreted as supporting the hypothesis of a central dysfunction lateralized to the left hemisphere in schizophrenia.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010700:Phonetics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*