Diseases

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.

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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.

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  • Hyperacusia
  • Loudness Perception Disturbances
  • Loudness Recruitment
  • Recruitment, Loudness
  • Disturbance, Loudness Perception
  • Disturbances, Loudness Perception
  • Hyperacuses
  • Hyperacusias
  • Loudness Perception Disturbance
  • Loudness Recruitments
  • Perception Disturbance, Loudness
  • Perception Disturbances, Loudness
  • Auditory Hyperesthesia
  • Phonophobia
  • Auditory Hyperesthesias
  • Hyperesthesia, Auditory
  • Hyperesthesias, Auditory
  • Phonophobias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000(1979)

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Previous Indexing

  • Audiometry (1966-1978)
  • Auditory Perception (1967-1978)
  • Auditory Threshold (1968-1978)
  • Hearing (1966-1967)
  • Perception (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyperacusis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012001. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012001
  2. Hyperacusis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperacusis
  3. Hyperacusis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421356