As the father of two deaf sons and the author of a book on the history of cochlear implants, I thought I knew a bit about hearing problems. I was still shocked by an e-mail I received some months ago.

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Loud noises or a sudden bang or blast can annoy almost everyone. However, what if even every day noises that nobody even seems to notice start making you feel uncomfortable? This extreme sensitivity ...

Hyperacusis refers to an increased sensitivity to and reduced tolerance of everyday sounds that people would not usually find uncomfortable. People with hyperacusis may find these sounds merely ...

The first thing that rang alarm bells – almost literally – for Chris Singleton was a strange feeling of fullness in his left ear. "It felt a bit like when you come out of a swimming pool and your ears ...

A study is the first to examine the relationship between parental mental illness like anxiety and depression in childhood and the risk of suicide and self-harm in adults who suffer from tinnitus, ...

Joyce Cohen lives in a soft apartment. Plush rugs line the floors of the Upper West Side one-bedroom she shares with her husband, and there are cloth place mats draped over the kitchen counters. An ...