Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 99-103 , 1 July 2005

Hearing impairment and psychosis revisited

  • Viviane Thewissen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Section Social Cognition, Mondriaan Zorggroep, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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  • Inez Myin-Germeys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Section Social Cognition, Mondriaan Zorggroep, Heerlen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Richard Bentall

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • Ron de Graaf

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Wilma Vollebergh

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jim van Os

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Section Social Cognition, Mondriaan Zorggroep, Heerlen, The Netherlands
    • Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 3875443; fax: +31 43 3875444.

Received 21 June 2004 ,Revised 28 October 2004 ,Accepted 30 October 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.10.013

Schizophrenia Research
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