Abstract
In this paper we presented 6 cases of malingering. The patients' age ranged from 40 to 60 years old and five of them were female.
Indemnity after traffic accidents seemed to be psychogenic motive in four females and an financial reimbursement of welfare annuity in one female.
The cause of malingering in the male patient was an injury inoccured on his job accident.
All of these cases were detected by the repeated standard audiometry and other tests ERA was applied for obtaining threshold of hearing loss in two cases.
In general, it is necessary to distinguish deaf person due to psychosomatic reaction from malinger who volitionally adopts the role of deafness for purpose of his own. However, it, practically, is very difficult to make differential diagnosis between them.
