Bradley McPherson1,
1Division of Speech and Hearing
Sciences, Hong Kong University, China; 2Division of Audiology,
University of Queensland, Australia; 3Centre for Clinical
Research, University of Queensland, Australia; 4School of Health
and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia; 5Centre
for Magnetic Resonance, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
Can
we use patterns of brain activity to detect when someone is feigning a
hearing loss? To answer this question, we asked 15 adult participants to
respond to pure tones and simple words correctly, incorrectly, randomly, or
with the intent to feign a hearing loss.