Strategies used in feigning hearing loss.
Thirty unsophisticated participants with normal hearing were paid to simulate a hearing loss according to their success in "deceiving" the examiner. The behaviors that these "malingerers" manifested are described. A post-examination interview revealed the strategies used by these participants, which may reflect those strategies used by patients who truly attempt to feign a hearing loss.
Martin
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA.
Champlin
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McCreery
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index