Hallucinatory experiences of prelingually profoundly deaf schizophrenics.
The communication difficulties of prelingually profoundly deaf patients render psychiatric diagnosis extremely difficult. A study of 12 prelingually profoundly deaf schizophrenic patients revealed that visual hallucinations occurred in 10, and 10 also had experiences analogous to auditory hallucinations although voices may not have been heard.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology