Hyperacusis in the Media
Cruel reality of living with rare disorder that makes even the faintest noise sound like a bomb going off in their ears
Daily Mail, March 3, 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13141539/amp/A-Texan-25-whos-experimental-brain-surgery-DEAFEN-cancer-survivor-driven-brink-suicide-Cruel-reality-living-rare-disorder-makes-faintest-noise-sound-like-bomb-going-ears.html
Mother of two says noises leave her in agonising physical pain
Daily Mail, February 20, 2024
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13103371/Mother-condition-sound-children-laughing-pain.html?fbclid=IwAR0C7GlkW70aj98POnUztFi7tV8iAqPmDnFNK3h9_P9ON7kIq9U2Ofu7LWA
Pain hyperacusis: “Hearing my children’s laughter is like torture”
BBC News, February 18, 2024 David’s Story: Hyperacusis
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-68285642?fbclid=IwAR3TRcKrSbYW1KwptIdmbWyh1XZ7_sm8hA1FyhC_mbaWH8bbHRi-GmhT1hI
Full length broadcast on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780MMGUYX7E
David’s Story: Hyperacusis
Patient Voice, January 10, 2024
https://www.patientvoice.io/shorts/life-with-hyperacusis-david?fbclid=IwAR2lqx-wYokPXzB4eFw5FJazBP7LqvDPmJL-s7muWStLqJXbBHF3KQKJXlQ#post-content
What I Have Learned From My Hyperacusis Patients
Hearing Health Foundation, November 30, 2023
https://hearinghealthfoundation.org/blogs/what-i-have-learned-from-my-hyperacusis-patients
Barely Surviving the Sounds of New York City
Curbed / New York Magazine, August 7, 2023
https://www.curbed.com/2023/08/hyperacusis-noise-living-new-york-
Pirates’ Day volunteer sues over lost hearing from powder rifle blast: “It’s not a joke”
New York Post, June 18, 2023
https://nypost.com/2023/06/18/pirates-day-volunteer-sues-over-lost-hearing-from-rifle-blast/
Sensitive sounds and sweaty skin: Unraveling hyperacusis and hyperhidrosis
Connecticut Public Radio, Audacious with Chion Wolf, June 2, 2023
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/audacious-with-chion-wolf/2023-06-02/sensitive-sounds-and-sweaty-skin-unraveling-hyperacusis-and-hyperhidrosis
My Hope Is to Turn Pain Into Progress
Hearing Health, Spring 2023 (magazine of the Hearing Health Foundation)
https://view.publitas.com/p222-4764/hearing-health-spring-2023-issue/page/30-31
Hyperacusis makes most sounds unbearable. Here’s what a typical day is like for me.
Healthy Hearing, November 28, 2022
https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/53404-I-have-hyperacusis-this-is-what-the-typical-day-is-like-for-me
Hyperacusis: Yes, hearing can hurt
Healthy Hearing, October 5, 2022
Hyperacusis and noise-induced pain (healthyhearing.com)
In Memoriam: Byran Pollard of Hyperacusis Research
Hearing Health, Summer 2022 (magazine of the Hearing Health Foundation)
https://view.publitas.com/p222-4764/hearing-health-summer-2022-issue/page/6-7
Tribute to Undaunted Pioneers: Bryan Pollard
Tinnitus Today, Summer 2022 (magazine of the American Tinnitus Foundation)
(Navigate to pages 40-41 of the print edition, which are pages 42-43 of the Issuu electronic reader)
https://issuu.com/tinnitustoday/docs/tinnitustoday-summer2022-07-web?fr=sMGY5ZjEyMDMzMg&utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=TINTDY.SUM22&utm_medium=email
Bryan, Hyperacusis, and Me
Tinnitus Today, Summer 2022 (magazine of the American Tinnitus Foundation)
(Navigate to pages 42-43 of the print edition, which are pages 44-45 of the Issuu electronic reader)
https://issuu.com/tinnitustoday/docs/tinnitustoday-summer2022-07-web?fr=sMGY5ZjEyMDMzMg&utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=TINTDY.SUM22&utm_medium=email
Former GT Racer Wolfgang Reip Urges the Industry to Confront Acoustic Trauma
Racer Magazine, March 1, 2022
https://racer.com/2022/03/01/former-gt-racer-wolfgang-reip-urges-the-industry-to-confront-acoustic-trauma/
It feels like a knife is being stabbed into my ears, says sufferer of rare hearing disorder
The Globe and Mail, November 7, 2019
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-it-feels-like-a-knife-is-being-stabbed-into-my-ears-says-sufferer-of/
Man does dishes for wife because sound of it is too painful
MetroUK, August 10, 2019
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/10/man-does-dishes-for-wife-because-sound-of-it-is-too-painful-for-her-10549473/
A YouTube-inspired prank ruined my daughter’s Life
The Guardian, April 17, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/17/a-youtube-inspired-prank-ruined-my-daughters-life
Teen girl’s hearing disorder makes every sound painful for her
TODAY Show, April 13, 2018
https://www.today.com/video/this-teen-girl-s-hearing-disorder-makes-every-sound-painful-for-her-1210118723587
Texas Woman Warns Others after Loud MRI Permanently Damages Her Ears
People Magazine, February 26, 2018
https://people.com/health/texas-woman-mri-ear-damage/
14-Year Old Girl Blasted by Air Horn Speaks Out
People Magazine, December 22, 2017
https://people.com/human-interest/14-year-old-girl-blasted-air-horn-speaks-out/
Girl’s Life Ruined by Ear Condition
Daily Mail, November 30, 2017
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5130135/Girl-14-suffers-condition-turns-sound-pain.html
Getting punched in jaw made every sound torture for this model
New York Post, March 1, 2017
https://nypost.com/2017/03/01/why-this-social-butterfly-went-from-club-waitress-to-hermit/
Noise Kills: When Everyday Sound Becomes Torture
BuzzFeed, May 24, 2016
https://medium.com/buzzfeed-collections/when-everyday-sound-becomes-torture-1082367f24c0
When even soft noises feel like a knife to the eardrums
Stat News, February 18, 2016
https://www.statnews.com/2016/02/18/noise-induced-ear-pain
When Everyday Noise is Unbearable
New York Times, December 1, 2014
https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/when-everyday-noise-is-unbearable/
My Strange Affliction
ABC News 20/20, July 2014
ABC News site version – no subtitles but higher quality video
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/everyday-noises-pain-wife-husband-living-ny-22421602
YouTube version – subtitles available but lower quality video
ABC News 20/20 Pain Hyperacusis Special Report
Whistles May Harm Hearing, Study Shows
New York Times, February 15, 2013
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/sports/whistles-may-harm-referees-hearing-study-says.html