Hypnotic deafness: Now you hear it—now you still hear it.

24 undergraduates who had been preselected as either high or low on hypnotic susceptibility (according to the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility) listened to 2 dichotically presented word pair lists. One list was presented following a suggestion for unilateral deafness and the other following instructions for selective attention. All Ss received both treatments in counterbalanced order, and an index of auditory intrusions from the unattended (or "deaf") ear was obtained following each trial. High susceptibles showed no more evidence of unilateral hearing impairment than low susceptibles under either the deafness suggestion or selective attention treatment. Nevertheless, high susceptibles reported greater deafness than low susceptibles on a posttest scale. (13 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)