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The Hyperactivity of Efferent Auditory System in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions Study

Abdul Wahab NA 1 , Wahab S 2 , Abdul Rahman AH 2 , Sidek D 3 , Zakaria MN 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Audiology Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.; Audiology Programme, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 4 Audiology Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Psychiatry Investig, 2016 Jan;13(1):82-8.
PMID: 26766950 DOI: 10.4306/pi.2016.13.1.82

Abstract

Electrophysiological studies, which are mostly focused on afferent pathway, have proven that auditory processing deficits exist in patients with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, reports on the suppressive effect of efferent auditory pathway on cochlear outer hair cells among schizophrenia patients are limited. The present, case-control, study examined the contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) in patients with schizophrenia.

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