Hyperacusis

Introduction: Hyperacusis

Description of Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis (medical condition): Excessive sensitivity to everyday sounds.

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Hyperacusis: hyperacusia Heightened sensitivity to sound, with aversive or pained reactions to normal environmental sounds.decreased sound tolerance, misophonia, phonophobia.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Hyperacusis: abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hyperacusis: An abnormally disproportionate increase in the sensation of loudness in response to auditory stimuli of normal volume. COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; STAPES SURGERY; and other disorders may be associated with this condition.
Source: Diseases Database

Hyperacusis: An abnormally disproportionate increase in the sensation of loudness in response to auditory stimuli of normal volume. COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; STAPES SURGERY; and other disorders may be associated with this condition.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hyperacusis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hyperacusis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Hyperacusis, or a subtype of Hyperacusis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hyperacusis as a Disease

Hyperacusis (medical condition): See Hyperacusis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Hyperacusis
  »Symptoms of Hyperacusis

More information on medical condition: Hyperacusis:

• Information about Hyperacusis
• Basic Summary for Hyperacusis
• Symptoms of Hyperacusis
• Misdiagnosis of Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis as a Symptom

Hyperacusis (symptom): Another name for Sensitive hearing.
  »Introduction: Sensitive hearing
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Hyperacusis (symptom): Overly sensitive hearing (hyperacusis) in one or both ears.

More information on symptom: Sensitive hearing:

• Sensitive hearing

Terms associated with Hyperacusis:

Terms Similar to Hyperacusis:

• Auditory hyperacuity
• Hearing oversensitive
• Hyperacusia
• Phonophobia

Source: Diseases Database

• Low tolerance to sound

Source - NIH

• hyperacusia
• auditory hyperesthesia

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Auditory Hyperesthesia
• Loudness Recruitment
• Recruitment, Loudness

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Hyperacusis

• Hearing Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

• hearing impairment
• hearing disorder

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Hyperacusis

The following list attempts to classify Hyperacusis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• hearing disorder,hearing impairment
• disability,disablement,handicap,impairment
• bad condition,poor shape,unfitness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
  • Ear Diseases
    • Hearing Disorders
      • Hyperacusis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurologic Manifestations
    • Sensation Disorders
      • Hearing Disorders
        • Hyperacusis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Neurologic Manifestations
      • Sensation Disorders
        • Hearing Disorders
          • Hyperacusis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other abnormal auditory perception
• Other disorders of ear
• DISEASES OF THE EAR AND MASTOID PROCESS
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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