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Abstract
This study was concerned with the personality characteristics of hearing impaired malingerers and hearing impaired non-malingerers. The following were the major findings:
1. The data confirm the first hypothesis that the personality of the malingerer differs from that of the non-malingerer. Both groups are in the direction of the neurotic with the malingerer accentuating this feature to a higher degree. The malingerer also manifested a greater number of psychosomatic complaints.
2. The results tend to confirm the previous studies which showed that the F and K scales have difficulty in distinguishing between malingerers and non-malingerers when the individuals are attempting to cover up their personality abnormalities. This would be more true of the malingerer than of the normal.
3. A follow up of the personality differences will be made and a scale developed for detecting auditory malingerers. If the validity of the scale can be established it will then be extended for use with malingerers in general.