So the long-lasting effect from my events has been increased sensitivity to noise. It actually got better for a bit, say in Jan and Feb but then it came back with a vengeance to the point where I talked to my therapist again about the anxiety/panic that results from the noise. She brought up an interesting point, that March was the one year anniversary of my first TBI and I probably subconsciously was thinking and stressing about that, a viewpoint which I think has a lot of merit (especially knowing my propensity to brood).

But she also thinks it would be interesting to get my hearing checked and see what range I have. I guess basically to figure out if I knocked myself into a higher level of hearing, to put it bluntly. I haven't had a test since I was a little kid and, as far as I know, everything was normal back then. Certainly nothing superhuman lol. But I guess she wants me to find out if my sensitivity is at a higher level now. For example I have a hard time filtering out chatter. Is there a reason for that? It seems unlikely to me but I guess I need to rile everything out.

Anyway my question is has anyone else done this?

I think the more interesting test would be an Audio Evoked Potential test interpreted by somebody who really understands how the audio processing system works.

When I had it done, my neuro looked at the results without seeing any of my complaints and said, "You hear everything. How do you tolerate that ?" To which my wife said, "That's why we are here."

The brain's filtering system can become dysfunctional. When it fails, too much stimulation makes it past the filter to the cognitive processing where it becomes overwhelming.

Would that be a test an ENT doctor performs?

No, a neurologist usually orders it. It is done at an EEG lab. The ENT could order it, but the neuro would read the results. It is often done as part of a qEEG.

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