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2. Noise-induced hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. Otorhinolaryngology, audiology. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a hearing impairment resulting from exposure to loud sound. People may have a loss of perception of a narrow range of frequencies or impaired perception of sound including sensitivity to sound or ringing in the ears. [1] When exposure to hazards such as noise occur ...

3. Diplacusis - Wikipedia

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   Diplacusis. Diplacusis, also known as diplacusis binauralis, binauralis disharmonica or interaural pitch difference (IPD), is a hearing disorder whereby a single auditory stimulus is perceived as different pitches between ears. It is typically experienced as a secondary symptom of sensorineural hearing loss, although not all patients with ...

4. Tinnitus retraining therapy - Wikipedia

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   Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is a form of habituation therapy designed to help people who experience tinnitus —a ringing, buzzing, hissing, or other sound heard when no external sound source is present. Two key components of TRT directly follow from the neurophysiological model of tinnitus: Directive counseling aims to help the sufferer ...

5. Tinnitus masker - Wikipedia

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   Tinnitus masker. Tinnitus maskers are a range of devices based on simple white noise machines used to add natural or artificial sound into a tinnitus sufferer's environment in order to mask or cover up the ringing. [1] The noise is supplied by a sound generator, which may reside in or above the ear or be placed on a table or elsewhere in the ...

6. Acoustic trauma - Wikipedia

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   Audiology. Acoustic trauma is the sustainment of an injury to the eardrum as a result of a very loud noise. Its scope usually covers loud noises with a short duration, such as an explosion, gunshot or a burst of loud shouting. Quieter sounds that are concentrated in a narrow frequency may also cause damage to specific frequency receptors. [1]

7. Hyperacusis - Wikipedia

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   Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound and a low tolerance for environmental noise. Definitions of hyperacusis can vary significantly; it often revolves around damage to or dysfunction of the stapes bone, stapedius muscle or tensor tympani (eardrum). It is often categorized into four subtypes: loudness, pain (also called noxacusis ...