Hyperacusis Research News
Putting the Brakes on Hyperactivity in the Brain
Dan Polley in his laboratory (all photos courtesy of Dan Polley). We asked Dan Polley, one of our scientific advisors, about his auditory research. Dan is currently a professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Eaton-Peabody...
Understanding Pain Signals Triggered by Damage to the Inner Ear
Dr. Megan Beers Wood, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, published the results of her most recent work on pain hyperacusis in February 2024 and her full paper is found here. This work was funding in part by Hyperacusis Research through our partner, Hearing Health...
2024 research grant awarded – FOXG1 gene mutation-caused hyperacusis—a novel model to study hyperacusis
Hyperacusis Research is pleased to announce a new research grant for 2024 funded by us, and awarded through our partner, Hearing Health Foundation. The recipient of the 2024 grant is Wei Sun, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo. The title of the new research project...
2023 ARO hyperacusis symposium
The Scientific Advisory Board of Hyperacusis Research, Ltd. sponsored a luncheon meeting at the February meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology in Orlando. The goal of the meeting was to promote information exchange about patient experiences of and...
Meet the Researcher: A talk with Megan Beers Wood, recipient of our Emerging Research Grant
Image created with BioRender.com I come from a musical background and sang as a child. I had a grandmother who struggled with hearing aids when she came to performances. She would get that awful piercing sound to tell her to get her hearing aids charged. Even...
Overview and Key Questions from the 2022 ARO Ear Research Meeting
This article by Iver Juster MD is the first of a series focusing on hyperacusis insights from the 2022 Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)—and part of a larger Hyperacusis Research series on hyperacusis-related research about the biology, diagnosis,...
Hyperacusis Research Supports 2022 Research Grant
Pictured: Megan Beers Wood Along with our partner, the Hearing Health Foundation, we are excited to announce our Emerging Research Grant for 2022. This grant demonstrates our commitment to uncover the mechanisms associated with hyperacusis on our path to a cure. We...
Survey Registry Analysis Contrasts Pain and Loudness Hyperacusis
We are excited to announce the publication of the first ever academic research article that specifically compares the clinical features of people with loudness and pain hyperacusis. Using patient-reported data from the Hyperacusis Research–sponsored Coordination of...
Breakthrough Collaboration at the 2020 ARO Research Conference
Hyperacusis Research continued the focus on collaboration with researchers at the 2020 Association of Research for Otolaryngology Midwinter meeting. Read about the Hyperacusis Alliance event where researchers formed the top 20 research priorities for hyperacusis.