hiperakusis
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Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound and a low tolerance for environmental noise. Definitions of hyperacusis can vary significantly; it often revolves around damage to or dysfunction of the stapes bone, stapedius muscle or tensor tympani. It is often categorized into four subtypes: loudness, pain (also called noxacusis), annoyance, and fear. It can be a highly debilitating hearing disorder.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Hyperacusis
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Hyperacousis
- Medical condition.field
- Otolaryngology
- Medical condition.differential
- Sensory processing disorder
- Medical condition.treatment
- Tinnitus Retraining Therapy or TRT, Round and Oval Window Reinforcement
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Research
1,436 papers- Hyperacusis.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2003
- Hyperacusis: Loudness intolerance, fear, annoyance and pain.Hearing research · 2022
- Hyperacusis in children: a scoping review.BMC pediatrics · 2020
- [Hyperacusis: a mini review].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2021
- Hyperacusis: major research questions.HNO · 2018
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Wikidata facts
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- health specialty
- otolaryngology
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002183
- Commons category
- Hyperacusis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C116366
- studied by
- audiology
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