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Unilateral Auditory Hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Osvaldo P. Almeida ,
Hans Förstl ,
Robert Howard  and
Anthony S. David
Osvaldo P. Almeida*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Hans Förstl
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Robert Howard
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Anthony S. David
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

We report a patient with unilateral right auditory hallucinations in association with prominent right-sided hearing impairment and poor performance in neuropsychological tests sensitive to frontal-lobe damage.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 2 , February 1993 , pp. 262 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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