Hyperacusis in the News
New Video: Introduction to Hyperacusis Research
"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 people in their lives and...
2025 Hyperacusis Research Grant Awarded to Manoj Kumar
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...
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...
Hyperacusis: Yes, hearing can hurt
The Healthy Hearing website has published an excellent, broad overview of hyperacusis. The piece includes quotes from our late founder, Bryan Pollard. Click the link to read the article....
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,...