Report on Dr. Lombard's Original Research on the Voice Reflex Test for Malingering: Contribution à la Seméiologie de la Surdité, Un Noveau Signe pour en Devoiler la Simulation

Abstract

A report is given in translation concerning the initial experimentation by Dr. Lombard (1910) with his voice reflex test for nonorganic deafness. The technique is described as useful in the differential diagnosis of certain cases of unilateral and bilateral sensory neural deafness. Various sources of the masking stimulus are enumerated and testing methods are outlined. The Lombard voice reflex test is projected as a potentially valuable contribution to the field of forensic medicine.