When Every Day Sounds Hurt:  Understanding Hyperacusis

When Every Day Sounds Hurt: Understanding Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis can make ordinary sounds feel loud, uncomfortable, painful, or even threatening. In this episode, Dr. Layne Garrett explains what hyperacusis is, why it often overlaps with tinnitus, and why the brain's central gain system may play a major role in sound sensitivity.

You'll learn why avoidance can become a trap, especially when constant earplug use, silence, or withdrawal from normal environments causes the auditory system to become even more reactive. Dr. Garrett also explains what a real clinical treatment plan may include, such as sound desensitization therapy, counseling support, CBT-informed strategies, hearing aids when hearing loss is present, and careful evaluation of loudness discomfort levels.

Dr. Garrett has more than two decades of experience helping patients with tinnitus, hyperacusis, complex hearing loss, auditory load, SNR deficits, speech clarity problems, and REM-verified hearing aid fittings through a medical-model approach.

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