sound sensitivity – MySymptom

What Causes Phonophobia? Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options

1. Introduction to Phonophobia Phonophobia is a profound, specific aversion or fear of sound. It is important to establish immediately that phonophobia is not a hearing disorder; rather, it is a neurological and psychological condition where normal, everyday sounds provoke an intense, highly distressing emotional and autonomic response. Patients with this condition experience genuine psychological … Read more

Hyperacusis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

1. Introduction Hyperacusis is a complex and often debilitating auditory disorder characterized by a severely decreased tolerance to ordinary environmental sounds. For individuals with this condition, everyday noises that are completely tolerable to the average person—such as the clatter of dishes, the hum of a refrigerator, or normal conversational speech—are perceived as uncomfortably loud, distressingly … Read more