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Originally Posted by Hear Again
thanks for the info. how do audis differentiate between functional hearing loss and malingering -- via an audiogram?
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Malingering, unlike functional, is a manifestation and/or symptom of a psychiatric disorder not a type of hearing loss or a cause of hearing loss.
Furthermore, audiologist are not qualified to diagnose psychiatric disorders. Audiologist, in my experiences, go on patient history, current and past audio grams, and make determinations based upon all that.
I would love to hear (haha) though, an opinion on this from a licensed audiologist .