Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 289-293 , June 2006

Conversion Deafness Presenting as Sudden Hearing Loss

  • Ying-Piao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Mao-Che Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hung-Ching Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Hung-Ching Lin, Department of Otolaryngology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kuo-Sheng Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 12 August 2005 ,Accepted 17 January 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70260-6

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70260-6

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 289-293 , June 2006

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