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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...
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On February 28, 2014, when my ear started ringing out of nowhere, my life was changed forever. That night I first started to notice signs that I had hyperacusis. I’ve thought long and hard about this night and the days that followed trying to piece together how...
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Hyperacusis Research was excited to participate in a news segment, titled “Hyperacusis: When Hearing Hurts” aired on the News4 Jax TV station. The story features George Rue, a musician whose life was radically altered 9 years ago when he left blues concert with...
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In a moving documentary, Anthony Ochoa describes the many ways his life has been altered by hyperacusis. Anthony lives in Los Angeles and works as an audio engineer. Watch as Anthony describes how even his own voice can hurt his ears and see how he manages life in...
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In early 2012, I went target shooting. While I typically wore both ear plugs and ear muffs for this activity, I accidentally fired a shotgun once with only my ear plugs. The sound seemed incredibly loud. The next day there was excruciating pain in my ears, and faint...
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I have Tullio, a severe hyperacusis condition wherein noise will create pain and vertigo. I was diagnosed with Meniere’s in 1989 after many years of being around loud noises from engines, workshop machines, open vehicles, etc., with no ear protection. Other than...
