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I think you are pushing to hard and fast for improvement. Hyperacusis is related to how the brain receives and processes sound. Tolerance and habituation training is just slowly venturing into environments with more noise. It is not listening to a CD. Over weeks and months, one experiences more loud environments just at the maximum level of comfort. Not loud enough to cause symptoms.

For some of us, the hyperacusis never improves. We just learn to moderate the anxiety it can cause because the anxiety only makes it worse.

Anxiety can make hyperacusis worse.

Hyperacusis can cause anxiety. Then, the hyperacusis become much worse because of the anxiety.

If you miss loud music and being with your friends and enjoying loud music, you will just need to make a choice. Take a break from it and slowly let your brain recover before you start cranking up the volume or extend your recovery by pushing your limits with sound.