Apr 12, 2025 | Blog, Featured, News Updates, Patient Stories
Breanne Woods, with some help from Hyperacusis Central, has created the Hyperacusis Wall of Remembrance, dedicated to those whose lives were altered by hyperacusis, and who are no longer with us. One of those is our beloved founder, Bryan Pollard, who died nearly...
Mar 11, 2025 | All Articles, Blog, Featured, News Updates, Research News
By Dr. Kelly Jahn Hyperacusis Research spoke with one of our scientific advisors, Kelly Jahn, AuD, PhD, of The University of Texas at Dallas, who recently published two important papers: One on the variability in hyperacusis knowledge by audiologists and one...
Jan 12, 2025 | All Articles, Blog, Featured, News Updates, Research News
Dr. Kelly Jahn of the University of Texas at Dallas and co-authors have published a new paper in the February 2025 issue of The Journal of Pain entitled “Clinical phenotype and management of sound-induced pain: Insights from adults with pain hyperacusis.”...
Nov 5, 2024 | All Articles, Blog, Featured, News Updates
“An icepick or razor scraping their ear canal.” Kelly Jahn, PhD, and Megan Beers Wood, PhD, discuss their work in our new fundraising video. Kelly notes that, in her survey, every single patient reported “a lack of empathy and support” from...
Nov 3, 2024 | All Articles, Blog, Featured
Berthina Kayembe, from Norway, has struggled with hyperacusis for five years. She has written this touching poem, which we are glad to share. “As a singer and guitarist, it’s been heartbreaking to put my music aside,” Berthina says. “I’ve begun to find a new creative...
Oct 12, 2024 | All Articles, Blog, Featured, News Updates, Research News
The recipient of our next Hyperacusis Research research grant is Manoj Kumar, Ph.D.! Dr. Kumar, an assistant professor of otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh, will be researching the KCNQ2/3 potassium channel as it relates to the mitigation of...
