ArticleThe Laryngoscope2021
Prevalence of Hyperacusis and Its Relation to Health: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study.
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- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Managing Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Misophonia: The 2025 Tonndorf Lecture.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Persian Pediatric Hyperacusis Questionnaire: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation in Children with and Without Autism.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2025Article
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- Audiometric Profiles Across a Clinical Population of Children With Hyperacusis.American journal of audiology · 2024Article
- Investigation of the relationship between hyperacusis and auditory processing difficulties in individuals with normal hearing.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
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- Asymmetric hearing thresholds are associated with hyperacusis in a large clinical population.Hearing research · 2023Article
- Noise Exposure in Palestinian Workers Without a Diagnosis of Hearing Impairment: Relations to Speech-Perception-in-Noise Difficulties, Tinnitus, and Hyperacusis.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Psychological Profile and Social Behaviors of Patients with Hyperacusis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical Findings That Differentiate Co-Occurrence of Hyperacusis and Tinnitus from Tinnitus Alone.Yonsei medical journal · 2022Article
- Hyperacusis: demographic, audiological, and clinical characteristics of patients at the ENT department.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Clinical and investigational tools for monitoring noise-induced hyperacusis.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Review
- Rapid Profiling of Loudness Among Older Adults.Ear and hearingArticle
- Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans.Trends in hearingReview
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Abstract
importanceThe prevalence of hyperacusis and its relationship with mental and general health is unknown in a nonclinical sample. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of hyperacusis and its relation with hearing, general and mental health in a population-based study. STUDY
designProspective population-based study. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis study uses data from the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study (BHAS). A sample of 5,107 eligible inhabitants aged 45 to 70 years completed a detailed questionnaire and a clinical assessment. A positive answer to "Do you consider yourself sensitive or intolerant to everyday sounds" was used to indicate hyperacusis. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between hearing, mental and general health factors, and hyperacusis.
resultsOf 5,107 participants, 775 (15.2%) reported hyperacusis. The majority of participants with hyperacusis reported an occasional effect on daily life (72.0%). Being female, older in age, having a lower income, physical or mental health difficulties, more severe hearing loss, and tinnitus were all associated with the presence of hyperacusis. Individuals who experience hearing impairment, poorer general or mental health have a higher possibility of hyperacusis having an effect on their daily life.
conclusionsIn this community population-based cohort study, we found a prevalence of hyperacusis of 15.2%. Individuals with hearing loss, mental health problems, and lower physical health have a higher possibility of experiencing effects on their daily life associated with their hyperacusis. Unravelling the relationship between hyperacusis hearing, general and mental health can be of major importance for a better understanding of the condition and its consequences. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2 Laryngoscope, 131:E2887-E2896, 2021.
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