The present study explored illness perceptions of hearing difficulties amongst 
one hundred participants who reported experiencing hearing difficulties despite 
normal audiometric thresholds. This experience is referred to as King-Kopetzky 
syndrome (KKS), obscure auditory dysfunction (OAD), or auditory processing 
disorder (APD). Logistic regression was used to consider the associations 
between help-seeking and a range of audiological and illness perception 
measures. Results indicate that help-seekers present with poorer speech in noise 
thresholds than non help-seekers, and that coherent illness perceptions and a 
negative belief in the consequences of hearing difficulties are associated with 
help-seeking status, regardless of hearing sensitivity.