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Volume 39 #4

Contents

  1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENETIC CAUSES OF HEARING LOSS IS THE KEY TO ITS PREVENTION
  2. HYPERACUSIS: LITERATURE REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION
  3. TOPOGRAPHY OF GANGLION CELLS IN THE MAMMAL’S RETINA: ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS
  4. SPATIAL HEARING IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH CENTRAL AUDITORY DISORDERS OF VARIOUS ORIGINS
  5. FEATURES OF AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF RHYTHMIC SOUND SEQUENCES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH NORMAL AND IMPAIRED HEARING
  6. POTENTIAL FOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION AND BALANCE DEVELOPING IN CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF PARENT-ASSISTED TRAINING
  7. LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPONTANEOUS AND EVOKED ACTIVITY OF MITRAL/TAFT NEURONS IN THE OLFACTORY BULB OF RATS
  8. IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING OF AN AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHM FOR A DIGITAL OCULOGRAPH

HYPERACUSIS: LITERATURE REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION

© 2025 L. V. Toropchina

FBSEI APE Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, 125993, Moscow, st. Barrikadnaya, 2/1, building 1, Russian Federation

Received 18 Jul 2025

Abstract. Hyperacusis – increased sensitivity to environmental sounds – is a debilitating disorder that greatly impairs quality of life and can lead to social isolation and depression. Unlike hypoacusis, it has not been studied as deeply. The prevalence of hyperacusis and the risk factors leading to its development are unknown. Hyperacusis has no objective markers, classification, algorithms and protocols for diagnosis and treatment. Even the definition of the concept of “hyperacusis” itself is controversial. Therefore, there are difficulties in finding the causes of this condition, clinical management of patients and assessing the effectiveness of treatment methods. An analysis of literature data made it possible to compile a classification of hyperacusis, which should speed up and simplify the collection of anamnesis and the search for the cause. Given the ambiguity of the pathogenetic mechanisms, it seems appropriate to determine the type of hyperacusis, its cause and combination with other hearing disorders.

Key words: hyperacusis/hyperacusia, hypoacusis, diplacusis, phonophobia, misophonia, classification, hearing loss

DOI: 10.7868/S3034593625040021

Cite: Toropchina L. V. Giperakuziya: obzor literatury i klassifikatsiya [Hyperacusis: literature review and classification]. Sensornye sistemy [Sensory systems]. 2025. V. 39(4). P. 21–34 (in Russian). doi: 10.7868/S3034593625040021

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