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  2. Hyperacusis - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause of hyperacusis is overexposure to excessively high decibel (sound pressure) levels, which can cause acoustic trauma. [1] An acoustic shock , which can lead to symptoms such as hyperacusis and ear pain, can also occur after exposure to an unexpected moderately loud to loud noise, even if this does not necessarily result in ...

  3. Health effects from noise - Wikipedia

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    Tinnitus is an auditory disorder characterized by the perception of a sound (ringing, chirping, buzzing, etc.) in the ear in the absence of an external sound source. There are two types of tinnitus: subjective and objective. Subjective is the most common and can only be heard "in the head" by the person affected.

  4. Saccular acoustic sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Certain sounds, such as fingernails drawn down a blackboard, cause strong feelings of aversion or even fear in most humans.A 2004 study claimed that the blackboard sound was very similar to the warning cry of Siamang gibbons and hypothesized that a vestigial reflex is what causes the fight or flight reaction in humans. [3]

  5. Why do my ears feel clogged? 5 Things you can do right now. - AOL

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    For example, very curvy ear canals, narrow ear canals, or surgical ears are more prone to earwax buildup. When wax builds up, it causes muffled hearing, tinnitus, or aural fullness (plugged-up ...

  6. Doctors Say This Type Of Noise Is Best For Deep Sleep - AOL

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    Small and easily portable, this sound machine includes three sound options so you can find the right fit for you: bright white noise, deep white noise, and gentle surf. $19.99 at Amazon Restore 2 ...

  7. Misophonia - Wikipedia

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    Misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome) is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli, or cues.These cues, known as "triggers", are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses not seen in most other people. [8]

  8. Sound annoyance - Wikipedia

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    Psychoacoustic analysis reveals that sound pressure level is a less than ideal predictor of human reception of noise, so efforts have been made since the 1960s [6] [7] to apply loudness metrics instead, which can incorporate other factors such as spectral and temporal auditory masking and level-dependent frequency weighting to more accurately ...

  9. Disturbing video shows hundreds of maggots removed from man's ear

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    By RYAN GORMAN Horrifying video has emerged of doctors pulling maggots out of a man's ear. The unidentified Indian man went to a doctor's office to complain about hearing a non-stop buzzing sound.