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Noise Pollution, Phones, and Hyperacusis
“I’ve been badly beaten twice, so far, today. I have hyperacusis. I am autistic, so my senses have always worked a bit differently from most people. I have been chronically ill for the past few years, and it seemed to have amplified some of my senses. With this...
Tinnitus Today: What IS a Safe Noise Level?
In a recent issue of Tinnitus Today, Bryan Pollard and Daniel Fink, M.D., discuss this question: What IS a safe noise level? When does noise exposure start causing hearing loss? The answer to this question underlies a renewed effort to protect the hearing of everyone.
Hyperacusis Research Supports New ERG Grant
Along with our partner, the Hearing Health Foundation, we are excited to announce our Emerging Research Grant for this 2016. It goes to Xiying Guan, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. He will be studying hyperacusis caused...
Hyperacusis Research Participates in ATA Webinar
Hyperacusis Research was grateful to participate in the American Tinnitus Association webinar on hyperacusis. The full webinar is available to paid members of the ATA at the ATA members section of their website at ata.org. Bryan Pollard and Rich Salvi were key speakers
Low-level Laser Therapy: One Patient’s Experience
I would like to summarize my personal experience with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and some implications for improving our understanding of hyperacusis diagnosis and treatment. Like most people with hyperacusis, my journey has been long and complex.
An MD Summary of the 2016 ARO Hyperacusis Symposium
Dr. Iver Juster, a Family Medicine physician, gives his expert summary of this important symposium which convened researchers, clinicians, educators and—importantly—the voice of the patient—to coordinate our growing knowledge of this challenging disabling condition.
LB’s Hyperacusis Story: My Guitar Had to Be Loud
I have always listened to loud music and played loud music, thinking the worst that could go wrong was mild hearing loss when I’m old. At age 14, I started listening to loud music through earbuds. When I started playing bass guitar, it had to be loud or I wouldn’t be...
2016 ARO Collaboration Meetings
Hyperacusis Research was excited to participate in the Association for Research in Otolaryngology’s Midwinter Meeting for the fourth consecutive year. The conference, which took place in San Diego, CA, in February, 2016, brought together more than a thousand of the...
Military to Improve Coding for Hyperacusis
Due to their many sources of extreme noise exposure, military personnel are one of the highest at-risk groups for hyperacusis. At the 2016 ARO conference, Hyperacusis Research president Bryan Pollard met with key leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Hearing...