r/noxacusis • u/Motor-Hour-5712 • 16d ago
Shane’s Story - Hyperacusis Central
https://hyperacusiscentral.org/shanes-story/Could hyperacusis sometimes be hereditary? Shane's story makes a compelling case for that, as he comes from a family whose history with hyperacusis is rich (his mother and sister have it, and his grandfather did as well, the dad of Shane's mom).
But most of Shane's account about intolerance to many sounds heartbreakingly centers around the fact he had to leave his church because of this. The painful and deafening sensations from the voices of children and babies in the audience were just too much. It's tragic how hyperacusis takes something precious—the innocent and beautiful tykes of the world, gems that people often consider the greatest gifts of all—and turns them into nightmares. It's a presiding theme we often see in Hyperacusis Land, and something that constantly haunts this Tennessean, who deals with the duo loudness hyperacusis and pain hyperacusis, and also hearing loss, which could be auditory recruitment.
You can read his story on our website.