HYPERACUSIS: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
HYPERACUSIS: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
HYPERACUSIS: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
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Therapy for Hyperacusis:<br />
Conclusions<br />
� Audiologists are the professionals who should evaluate and manage patients with<br />
hyperacusis<br />
� Hyperacusis may be a symptom or characteristic of a number of serious<br />
neurological and other medical diseases and disorders. Management includes ruling<br />
out possible pathologic etiologies.<br />
� DPOAEs and high frequency audiometry<br />
� Include in the assessment of hyperacusis<br />
� Findings have therapeutic value in verifying absence of self-inflicted cochear<br />
dysfunction<br />
� AIT and other “listening therapies” cannot be recommended due to lack of evidence<br />
based research<br />
� Audiologic therapy (management) should include<br />
� Proper referrals to other specialists<br />
� In depth counseling with accurate information<br />
� Environmental sound enrichment<br />
� A desensitization program<br />
� Extended treatment (e.g., TRT or Neuromonics) in selected cases not<br />
responding to initial management program<br />
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