title: Alive with the sound of music: a case series on patients presenting with musical hallucinations in a general hospital.
abstract: Musical hallucinations are a rare phenomenon that renders appropriate identification and treatment a challenge. This case series describes three women who presented with hearing complex, familiar melodies in the absence of external stimuli on a background of hearing impairment.
authors.affiliation: From the Dept. of Psychological Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Rochelle Melina
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kinson
authors.forename: Wen Phei
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Habeebul
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D013016:Sound