Hyperacusis
 

Did anyone who had sensitivity to noise recover with use of TRT therapy or listening to pink noises? Or what other methods did you use to help get over your sensitivity to noises? Thanks.

By TRT, do you mean Testosterone Replacement Therapy ?

What kind of hyperacusis are you struggling with ?

Is it just sound volume ?

Or, multiple voices ?

Echoes ?

TRT is tinnitus retraining therapy. I think its a sound generator ear device that gives off a white noise effect to build tolerance to sounds.

My daughter is sensitive to noises - like A/C, car engine, printer, crowded areas or loud music. This seems to happen just a few months ago in her concussion phase. She is using ear plugs but I heard that it might be counter productive over time and cause her brain/ear to be more intolerant of background noises. I don't want her to start getting an aversion to noises below 85 decibels as well...

So I heard about the TRT treatment or a pink noise CD that might help build tolerance. It's been a real challenge finding places to go that she can tolerate before the noise triggers her headaches.

So hoping someone has some good ideas about resolving this or tried some therapy with success....

Hello Mystical

I was also diagnosed with hyperacusis recently and I am also looking for the answer to his question. I hope your daughter find relief. I am planning to opt TRT therapy for two weeks. I hope it helps.

Hyperacusis and tinnitus are two separate issues. TRT just helps the person learn to ignore and not get anxious about tinnitus.

Ear plus will not help ongoing tinnitus but can help hyperacusis. Tolerance or habituation training can help hyperacusis as you learn to not react/get anxious to sounds. But, some of us struggle to differentiate target sounds from ambient sounds. I hear all of the background sounds so I struggle to hear the target sounds, i.e. someone talking. I can improve my perception of the target sounds by closing my eyes and thus, reduce sensory clutter so my brain can focus on the target sound. Ear plugs reduce background clutter so I can focus on the target sounds.

If tinnitus manifests in reaction to loud sounds, ear plugs can reduce those loud sounds to reduce the triggering of tinnitus.

Any self sources I can use to cure my hyperacusis?

Reputable sound cd's I can buy that will cure it?

Also how long did it take your hyperacusis to go away?

ty,

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.