Speech Perception in Schizophrenia
H. C. BULL M.A., Ph.D.1 and
P. H. VENABLES B.A., Ph.D.2
1 Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX
2 Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX
An experiment is reported in which the ability of schizophrenics to perform tests of speech perception for individual words was compared to that of control subjects. The results indicate that schizophrenic patients do suffer from an impairment in the perception of individually spoken words presented at various levels of intensity. No support was obtained for the suggestion that this impairment could be associated with the presentation of stimuli to the left rather than the right cerebral hemisphere. The implications of this finding for the reports of schizophrenic impairment in many areas is considered.
Submitted on September 5, 1973
