hyperacusis
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Through thoughtful exposition told visually and through performance, we learn that Niki has a hearing disorder called hyperacusis, an extreme sensitivity to sound and “uncontrolled acoustic environments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
She was diagnosed with severe tinnitus and hyperacusis - a reduced tolerance to sound - and began to spend a lot of time in the woods near her home in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
And don’t aggravate the artist’s hyperacusis, a hearing disorder in which ordinary sounds can be painful, and the reason that Merritt switched from guitar to ukulele and Gonson from drums to piano.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2018
I think the word is hyperacusis, which is extreme sensitivity, and it’s the stage before tinnitus.
From The Verge ● Jun. 1, 2018
Then we come to that apparent contradiction in terms, hyperacusis, where loud and therefore audible noises, like drums, instead of being welcome are truly painful.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
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