Theme: Sensitive hearing plan: What is hyperacusis? The features of hyperacusis?

Theme: Sensitive hearing
PLan:
1. What is hyperacusis?
2. The features of hyperacusis?
3. Hyperacusis


What is hyperacusis?
Hyperacusis is a rare hearing disorder where sounds others perceive as normal seem uncomfortably — and often unbearably — loud. It’s also described as decreased sound tolerance, or DST. People with normal hearing experience a range of sounds with varying degrees of loudness. In contrast, people with hyperacusis experience sound in general with the volume turned too high.
Some examples of common sounds in everyday life that may feel intolerable to someone with hyperacusis include:

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  People chatting.
  
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  A car engine running.
  
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  Water running in the kitchen sink.
  
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  Household electrical appliances running.
  
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  Someone turning the pages of a book or newspaper.
  
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  Many other soft sounds.
  

The experience can take a toll on your mental health, causing you to feel irritable and anxious. Hyperacusis can impact your social life, too. Some people with hyperacusis avoid social situations to reduce the risk of experiencing intense loudness.
Hyperacusis often accompanies tinnitus, a condition often associated with hearing loss that involves ringing, whistling, clicking or roaring sounds in your ears. Still, not all cases of hyperacusis involve tinnitus or hearing loss.
How common is hyperacusis?
There’s still a lot that doctors don’t know about hyperacusis, including how common it is. Researchers estimate that 3.2% to 17.1% of children and adolescents have hyperacusis, while the range for adults is from 8% to 15.2%.
It’s hard to know for sure how common it is, though. People with hyperacusis describe their symptoms differently based on their unique experiences. Also, there isn’t a single, widely accepted way to screen for or measure hyperacusis. Researchers are still learning about hyperacusis, including how many people have it.