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Musical Hallucinations in a Deaf Elderly Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George W. Fenton  and
Duncan A. McRae
George W. Fenton*
Affiliation:
University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY
Duncan A. McRae
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Musical hallucinations had caused an 86-year-old deaf woman to become anxious and depressed. She was admitted, and tranquillising and hypnotic drugs afforded some slight improvement. The use of her hearing aid to increase ambient noise levels reduced the intensity of the hallucinations, and the patient improved.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 401 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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