Professional racing champion Wolfgang Reip has announced he suffers from severe hyperacusis as the result of several acoustic traumas during his racing career.
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Meet the Researcher: A talk with Megan Beers Wood, recipient of our Emerging Research Grant
Image created with BioRender.com I come from a musical background and sang as a child. I had a grandmother who struggled with hearing aids when she came to performances. She would get that awful piercing sound to tell her to get her hearing aids charged. Even...
In Memoriam: Bryan Pollard of Hyperacusis Research
Our tribute to our beloved founder, Bryan Pollard, is in the summer issue of the magazine of our partner, the Hearing Health Foundation. Our gratitude toward Bryan, and our love for him, will always remain unbounded. "Bryan single-handedly created an entirely new...
Overview and Key Questions from the 2022 ARO Ear Research Meeting
This article by Iver Juster MD is the first of a series focusing on hyperacusis insights from the 2022 Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)—and part of a larger Hyperacusis Research series on hyperacusis-related research about the biology, diagnosis,...
In Memory of Bryan Pollard
(The photo shows, from left, Betsy Maholchic, Leslie Liberman, Charlie Liberman PhD, Bryan Pollard and Michael Maholchic.) We are devastated to report that Bryan Pollard, our founder and shining star, has died. Bryan singlehandedly created an entire new diagnosis in...