Sound Sensitivities
Auditory Recruitment – also known as Loudness Recruitment – refers to a perceived rapid sound volume escalation in people with sensorineural hearing loss due to cochlear (inner ear) hearing cell damage. Even a small amplification boost can set off a fast and unexpected sound blast. Maybe this explains the observation that louder is not necessarily…
Read MoreSuch a contradiction: Not hearing well and understanding even less, yet being overly sensitive to sound? How can this be? Once more, we are reminded that damaged hearing systems do not behave in a logical fashion. Shortly after my sudden, severe hearing-loss the sounds of everyday life turned into unexpected challenges. What never bothered me…
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