BBC News: “Hearing my children’s laughter is like torture.”
Karen Cook, a former flight attendant, shared her story with the BBC, describing how pain hyperacusis has so drastically altered her life.
Meet the board of directors!
Meet the board of Hyperacusis Research! Our friends at Tinnitus Hub kindly made this video introducing people to three of our board members. We are dedicated to promoting research for a cure and improving the lives of those suffering from hyperacusis. You will hear...
2024 research grant awarded – FOXG1 gene mutation-caused hyperacusis—a novel model to study hyperacusis
Hyperacusis Research is pleased to announce a new research grant for 2024 funded by us, and awarded through our partner, Hearing Health Foundation. The recipient of the 2024 grant is Wei Sun, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo. The title of the new research project...
2023 ARO hyperacusis symposium
The Scientific Advisory Board of Hyperacusis Research, Ltd. sponsored a luncheon meeting at the February meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology in Orlando. The goal of the meeting was to promote information exchange about patient experiences of and...
Hyperacusis; an Engineering Perspective
By Frank Magnusson I am an aerospace engineer and former test pilot with hyperacusis. Hyperacusis is poorly understood, and there is so much conflicting advice that I had to examine it from an engineering problem-solving approach to learn to deal with it on a daily...