Auditory hallucinations in patients with DLB are more likely to occur in women and those with impaired hearing, depression, delusions, or visual hallucinations. 038).Ĭonclusions: Auditory hallucinations are common neuropsychiatric symptoms in DLB and usually appear as a background soundtrack accompanying visual hallucinations.

The analysis also revealed independent correlations between the presence of auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations ( P <. Multiple logistic regression showed that the presence of auditory hallucinations was significantly associated with female sex ( P =. Auditory hallucinations consisted mostly of human voices, and 90% of patients described them as like hearing a soundtrack of the scene. The majority of patients (90.9%) with auditory hallucinations also had visual hallucinations. Results: Of the 124 patients, 44 (35.5%) had auditory hallucinations and 75 (60.5%) had visual hallucinations. We performed multiple logistic regression analysis to identify significant independent predictors of auditory hallucinations. We reviewed all available clinical records of patients with auditory hallucinations to assess their clinical features. We used the Neuropsychiatric Inventory to assess the presence of auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Methods: We recruited 124 consecutive patients with probable DLB (diagnosis based on the DLB International Workshop 2005 criteria study period: June 2007-January 2015) from the dementia referral center of Kumamoto University Hospital. We investigated the clinical features of auditory hallucinations and the possible mechanisms by which they arise in patients with DLB. Objective: Auditory hallucinations are an important symptom for diagnosing dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), yet they have received less attention than visual hallucinations.

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