Hyperacusis, Sound Hypersensitivity

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Hyperacusis - auditory hypersensitivity; increased perception of volume. Ie people who have it hear the sounds louder. When it is congenital, it is due to defects in the nerves that conduct sound stimuli to the brain, or their processing. It can also occur with (acquired) damage to the inner ear. I accidentally discovered (on the Internet) that I am not the only one with this problem (I have it by birth). But it is obviously very rare, because I have not met others with such a problem, and there is very little written about it on the net (in Bulgarian). But there is in English. I will retell a brief description of this condition: For humans, normally perceived sounds are up to 95-100 decibels, and the tolerance threshold is approx. 120 db (after which the sound is perceived as pain). In hyperacusis, these values ​​are reduced to varying degrees. For example, I am annoyed by sounds over 70 dB, which in other people / as it is written above / happens at 95-100 dB. And for me the latter are unbearable, I feel them as very painful, which in normal hearing happens only at 120dB. There are some special pads (sold in pharmacies), similar to plasticine, which serve to reduce the volume. I put them on when I have to go somewhere where it's very noisy. But their help is not endless. For example, even when I close my ears tightly with them, I can't stand the music of nightclubs or concerts (that's why I don't go to them), I can't stand somewhere where construction machines are buzzing (even with corks) ... my ears or I stiffen when a motorcycle or a car with a siren passes me ... All other people would have these sensations only at 120 dB, and this can happen very rarely. That's why I want to find at least someone here with a similar problem.

Last Updated
September 06, 2020
Author:
difrent

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