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DATE: May 26, 2026 at 08:00AM
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TITLE: A single question about sound sensitivity can predict teenage anxiety

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

An analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data found that children with hyperacusis at age 11 tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. The association remained even when controlling for pre-existing anxiety and emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. The paper was published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Hyperacusis is a condition in which ordinary sounds feel unusually loud, uncomfortable, painful, or overwhelming. Sounds that most people tolerate easily, such as dishes clinking, traffic, voices, music, or household appliances, may feel unbearable to someone with hyperacusis. It is different from simply disliking noise, because the person’s sound tolerance is reduced.

Hyperacusis can affect one or both ears. It may occur after noise exposure, ear problems, migraine, head injury, certain neurological conditions, anxiety, or sometimes without a clear cause. Some people with hyperacusis also have tinnitus, which means hearing ringing, buzzing, or other sounds without an external source. The condition can lead people to avoid social situations, public places, work environments, or everyday activities. Interestingly, using ear protection all the time can sometimes make sound sensitivity worse, although such protection is useful in environments that are genuinely loud.

Study author Foteini Tseliou and her colleagues wanted to assess whether a single question about hyperacusis at age 11 helps predict anxiety and related emotional problems in adolescence (ages 13 and 16). They also wanted to know whether it can distinguish previously identified developmental trajectories of anxiety.

These authors analyzed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). ALSPAC is an ongoing longitudinal study that initially enrolled 14,541 pregnant women residing in the Avon area in the UK who expected delivery between April 1991 and the end of 1992. They gave birth to 14,062 children, 13,988 of whom reached 1 year of age.

Data used in this analysis came from 6,621 participants of the ALSPAC study. Fifty-one percent of them were female. They answered a question about hyperacusis when they were 11 years old and provided data on mental health outcomes of interest for this analysis at least once after this. These outcomes were emotional problems at 13 and 16 years of age; anxiety, depression, and self-harm at 24; and emotional problems at 25 years of age.

When participating children were 11 years old, they attended a hearing assessment during which a hyperacusis and tinnitus interview was also carried out. One of the questions asked them whether they ever experienced oversensitivity or distress to particular sounds, referring to everyday sounds, not sounds that were particularly loud. The authors of this study used responses to this question as a measure of hyperacusis.

Results showed that 3.7% of participating children reported hyperacusis. Sixty-two percent of the children reporting hyperacusis were boys. Analyses showed that children who reported hyperacusis at age 11 had three times higher odds of reporting hyperacusis when they were 28 years old.

Further analyses revealed that children who suffered from hyperacusis at 11 years of age tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. This association remained even when accounting for pre-existing anxiety or emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. Specifically, the researchers noted that hyperacusis was most strongly associated with symptoms of fear, worry, and nervousness, rather than broader depressive symptoms or somatic complaints.

Hyperacusis at 11 years of age also predicted a persistent trajectory of anxiety development. This trajectory refers to children whose anxiety-related emotional problems were already high in childhood and remained high throughout childhood and adolescence, rather than decreasing over time. Additional analyses found that hyperacusis still predicted emotional problems when participants were 25 years old, but did not predict adult generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, or suicidal self-harm.

“Taken together, our findings suggest that assessing hyperacusis at age 11 can provide additional predictive insights into the exacerbation and maintenance of anxiety in adolescence,” the study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the body of scientific knowledge about the mental health correlates of hyperacusis. However, the study authors note that the ALSPAC study experienced substantial dropout over time, with over 50% of participants dropping out of the study by 24 years of age. This could have introduced attrition bias, affecting the results. Furthermore, measuring hyperacusis with a single question asked during a formal hearing clinic may have led to underreporting, as some children might not have realized the question applied to everyday distress over normal noises.

The paper, “Sensory hyperacusis as a predictor of anxiety in adolescence,” was authored by Foteini Tseliou, Stephan Collishaw, Alice Price, and Petroc Sumner.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

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DATE: May 26, 2026 at 08:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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TITLE: A single question about sound sensitivity can predict teenage anxiety

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

An analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data found that children with hyperacusis at age 11 tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. The association remained even when controlling for pre-existing anxiety and emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. The paper was published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Hyperacusis is a condition in which ordinary sounds feel unusually loud, uncomfortable, painful, or overwhelming. Sounds that most people tolerate easily, such as dishes clinking, traffic, voices, music, or household appliances, may feel unbearable to someone with hyperacusis. It is different from simply disliking noise, because the person’s sound tolerance is reduced.

Hyperacusis can affect one or both ears. It may occur after noise exposure, ear problems, migraine, head injury, certain neurological conditions, anxiety, or sometimes without a clear cause. Some people with hyperacusis also have tinnitus, which means hearing ringing, buzzing, or other sounds without an external source. The condition can lead people to avoid social situations, public places, work environments, or everyday activities. Interestingly, using ear protection all the time can sometimes make sound sensitivity worse, although such protection is useful in environments that are genuinely loud.

Study author Foteini Tseliou and her colleagues wanted to assess whether a single question about hyperacusis at age 11 helps predict anxiety and related emotional problems in adolescence (ages 13 and 16). They also wanted to know whether it can distinguish previously identified developmental trajectories of anxiety.

These authors analyzed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). ALSPAC is an ongoing longitudinal study that initially enrolled 14,541 pregnant women residing in the Avon area in the UK who expected delivery between April 1991 and the end of 1992. They gave birth to 14,062 children, 13,988 of whom reached 1 year of age.

Data used in this analysis came from 6,621 participants of the ALSPAC study. Fifty-one percent of them were female. They answered a question about hyperacusis when they were 11 years old and provided data on mental health outcomes of interest for this analysis at least once after this. These outcomes were emotional problems at 13 and 16 years of age; anxiety, depression, and self-harm at 24; and emotional problems at 25 years of age.

When participating children were 11 years old, they attended a hearing assessment during which a hyperacusis and tinnitus interview was also carried out. One of the questions asked them whether they ever experienced oversensitivity or distress to particular sounds, referring to everyday sounds, not sounds that were particularly loud. The authors of this study used responses to this question as a measure of hyperacusis.

Results showed that 3.7% of participating children reported hyperacusis. Sixty-two percent of the children reporting hyperacusis were boys. Analyses showed that children who reported hyperacusis at age 11 had three times higher odds of reporting hyperacusis when they were 28 years old.

Further analyses revealed that children who suffered from hyperacusis at 11 years of age tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. This association remained even when accounting for pre-existing anxiety or emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. Specifically, the researchers noted that hyperacusis was most strongly associated with symptoms of fear, worry, and nervousness, rather than broader depressive symptoms or somatic complaints.

Hyperacusis at 11 years of age also predicted a persistent trajectory of anxiety development. This trajectory refers to children whose anxiety-related emotional problems were already high in childhood and remained high throughout childhood and adolescence, rather than decreasing over time. Additional analyses found that hyperacusis still predicted emotional problems when participants were 25 years old, but did not predict adult generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, or suicidal self-harm.

“Taken together, our findings suggest that assessing hyperacusis at age 11 can provide additional predictive insights into the exacerbation and maintenance of anxiety in adolescence,” the study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the body of scientific knowledge about the mental health correlates of hyperacusis. However, the study authors note that the ALSPAC study experienced substantial dropout over time, with over 50% of participants dropping out of the study by 24 years of age. This could have introduced attrition bias, affecting the results. Furthermore, measuring hyperacusis with a single question asked during a formal hearing clinic may have led to underreporting, as some children might not have realized the question applied to everyday distress over normal noises.

The paper, “Sensory hyperacusis as a predictor of anxiety in adolescence,” was authored by Foteini Tseliou, Stephan Collishaw, Alice Price, and Petroc Sumner.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

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DATE: May 26, 2026 at 08:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
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TITLE: A single question about sound sensitivity can predict teenage anxiety

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

An analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data found that children with hyperacusis at age 11 tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. The association remained even when controlling for pre-existing anxiety and emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. The paper was published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Hyperacusis is a condition in which ordinary sounds feel unusually loud, uncomfortable, painful, or overwhelming. Sounds that most people tolerate easily, such as dishes clinking, traffic, voices, music, or household appliances, may feel unbearable to someone with hyperacusis. It is different from simply disliking noise, because the person’s sound tolerance is reduced.

Hyperacusis can affect one or both ears. It may occur after noise exposure, ear problems, migraine, head injury, certain neurological conditions, anxiety, or sometimes without a clear cause. Some people with hyperacusis also have tinnitus, which means hearing ringing, buzzing, or other sounds without an external source. The condition can lead people to avoid social situations, public places, work environments, or everyday activities. Interestingly, using ear protection all the time can sometimes make sound sensitivity worse, although such protection is useful in environments that are genuinely loud.

Study author Foteini Tseliou and her colleagues wanted to assess whether a single question about hyperacusis at age 11 helps predict anxiety and related emotional problems in adolescence (ages 13 and 16). They also wanted to know whether it can distinguish previously identified developmental trajectories of anxiety.

These authors analyzed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). ALSPAC is an ongoing longitudinal study that initially enrolled 14,541 pregnant women residing in the Avon area in the UK who expected delivery between April 1991 and the end of 1992. They gave birth to 14,062 children, 13,988 of whom reached 1 year of age.

Data used in this analysis came from 6,621 participants of the ALSPAC study. Fifty-one percent of them were female. They answered a question about hyperacusis when they were 11 years old and provided data on mental health outcomes of interest for this analysis at least once after this. These outcomes were emotional problems at 13 and 16 years of age; anxiety, depression, and self-harm at 24; and emotional problems at 25 years of age.

When participating children were 11 years old, they attended a hearing assessment during which a hyperacusis and tinnitus interview was also carried out. One of the questions asked them whether they ever experienced oversensitivity or distress to particular sounds, referring to everyday sounds, not sounds that were particularly loud. The authors of this study used responses to this question as a measure of hyperacusis.

Results showed that 3.7% of participating children reported hyperacusis. Sixty-two percent of the children reporting hyperacusis were boys. Analyses showed that children who reported hyperacusis at age 11 had three times higher odds of reporting hyperacusis when they were 28 years old.

Further analyses revealed that children who suffered from hyperacusis at 11 years of age tended to show more severe symptoms of anxiety when they were 13 and 16 years old. This association remained even when accounting for pre-existing anxiety or emotional problems, autism traits, and other neurodiversity characteristics such as ADHD, dyslexia, or dyspraxia. Specifically, the researchers noted that hyperacusis was most strongly associated with symptoms of fear, worry, and nervousness, rather than broader depressive symptoms or somatic complaints.

Hyperacusis at 11 years of age also predicted a persistent trajectory of anxiety development. This trajectory refers to children whose anxiety-related emotional problems were already high in childhood and remained high throughout childhood and adolescence, rather than decreasing over time. Additional analyses found that hyperacusis still predicted emotional problems when participants were 25 years old, but did not predict adult generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, or suicidal self-harm.

“Taken together, our findings suggest that assessing hyperacusis at age 11 can provide additional predictive insights into the exacerbation and maintenance of anxiety in adolescence,” the study authors concluded.

The study contributes to the body of scientific knowledge about the mental health correlates of hyperacusis. However, the study authors note that the ALSPAC study experienced substantial dropout over time, with over 50% of participants dropping out of the study by 24 years of age. This could have introduced attrition bias, affecting the results. Furthermore, measuring hyperacusis with a single question asked during a formal hearing clinic may have led to underreporting, as some children might not have realized the question applied to everyday distress over normal noises.

The paper, “Sensory hyperacusis as a predictor of anxiety in adolescence,” was authored by Foteini Tseliou, Stephan Collishaw, Alice Price, and Petroc Sumner.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/a-single-question-about-sound-sensitivity-can-predict-teenage-anxiety/

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Your Noise Is My Slow Death – Part 3 | Slow Death – A Selectah J Mixtape

To have #hyperacusis in a time when more and more people think it is "fun" to "trigger the libs", whatever this may mean in this instance, amounts to torture.

Woken by a throbbing migraine, so getting into my Sunday morning benedryl, caffeine, cannabis routine. In a couple of hours the volume should be lowered and the throbbing gone.

I would normally workout, lift and fly the cortisol away, but I need a rest day. The early morning UK interviews screwed up my schedule.

#migraine #Hyperacusis #cannabis #UnsilentSunday

"an investigation into headphones has found every single pair tested contained substances hazardous to human health, including chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males.

Even products by market-leading brands such as Bose, Panasonic, Samsung and Sennheiser were found to contain harmful chemicals in the formulation of the plastics from which they are made."

Great news for us who have #hyperacusis.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones

#plastic #headphones

Francisco Goya in Brussel (naar niet voor mij)

In Bozar, een van de culturele instellingen op de Brusselse Kunstberg, is nog tot 11 januari een expositie over de Spaanse schilder Francisco Goya en de moderniteit. De gedachte achter de tentoonstelling is interessant: Goya geldt in Spanje al zo’n twee eeuwen als onontkoombaar nationaal symbool, en daarom is het de moeite waard te bekijken hoe latere kunstenaars zich tot hem hebben verhouden. Omdat ik afgelopen donderdagmorgen wakker werd in een hotel bij het Centraal Station van Antwerpen, was ik slechts een treinreis van de expositie gescheiden, want Bozar ligt in Brussel op een boogscheut van het Centraal Station.

Leerzaam was het bezoek zeker, maar het waren vooral dingen over mezelf die ik leerde. Dat ik al na een half uur klaar was, lag zeker niet aan de tentoonstelling. Er was origineel werk van de beroemde schilder; de inleidende documentatie over Goya’s leven en postume groei tot nationaal symbool was voorbeeldig; en er werd dus getoond hoe latere kunstenaars op zijn oeuvre reageerden. Zeg maar dat de een de Geklede Maja kopieerde en de ander z’n eigen versie van de Naakte Maja maakte. De rauwe oorlogsverslaggeving van Los Desastres de la Guerra inspireerde enkele even naargeestige werken. Het bleef niet beperkt tot twee dimensies: Bozar toonde ook wat kleine sculptuur.

Heel mooi dus, maar ik ben dus vrij snel weg gegaan. De simpele waarheid is: het was te druk. Er waren te veel mensen om alles rustig te bekijken. Al in de eerste zaal sprak een gids een groep toe. Zelfs als zo iemand whispers gebruikt, zoals musea steeds vaker aanbieden, zijn omstanders gedwongen mee te luisteren. Natuurlijk is het alleen maar goed dat er gidsen zijn – laat dat voorop staan – maar het zou fijn zijn als iemand die anderen dwingt tot meeluisteren, iets vertelt dat interessant is. Als een gids uitleggen moet van welke oorlog Goya ooggetuige was, dan heeft zo’n groep niet de moeite willen nemen zich voor te bereiden op het museumbezoek. Ik wil niet al te stellig, al te arrogant of al te pedant klinken, maar eigenlijk hebben zulke mensen niet zo veel te zoeken in een museum. Een bezoeker mag een inspanning leveren. Je komt naar een museum om jezelf te verrijken, toch?

Meer geluidsoverlast: de expositie bestond niet alleen uit afbeeldingen en sculptuur, maar er waren ook geluidsfragmenten, zoals van een mannenkoor. Bozar is niet het enige museum dat geluid is gaan gebruiken; het is museaal in de mode. En dat is ronduit gek. Musea zetten immers in op inclusiviteit. En terecht. Het is immers de culturele missie iets over het voetlicht te brengen bij zoveel mogelijk mensen. Het is bovendien meegenomen als de bezoekersaantallen en de inkomsten hoger zijn. Er is dus een goede invalidentoegang en geen museum verjaagt astmapatiënten met pakweg een rookinstallatie. Maar zoals ook Bozar toont, worden musea voor mensen met hyperacusis ontoegankelijker. Dat kan de bedoeling niet zijn.

Ik had echt vooruitgezien naar de tentoonstelling over Francisco Goya. Met opzet had ik vanuit Antwerpen het rustige boemeltreintje genomen; met opzet was ik alvast bij Brussel Noord uitgestapt om wandelend en ontspannen aan te komen op de Kunstberg. Maar het bezoek liep dus uit op een teleurstelling. Ik leerde donderdag vooral dat ik te oud word voor hedendaags museumbezoek. De nieuwe tijd, net wat u zegt.

Niet dat ik totaal voor niets naar Brussel ben gereisd. De museumboekhandel van Bozar is een waar paradijs en even verderop is La maison de la Bande Dessinée, dus ik had wat artistieks te lezen in de trein naar huis. Het was een boemel, het was prettig rustig, en dat is de voorwaarde om van kunst te genieten.

Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.

#bozar #brussel #franciscoGoya #hyperacusis #inclusiviteit #schilderkunst

Francisco Goya in Brussel (maar niet voor mij)

In Bozar, een van de culturele instellingen op de Brusselse Kunstberg, is nog tot 11 januari een expositie over de Spaanse schilder Francisco Goya en de moderniteit. De gedachte achter de tentoonstelling is interessant: Goya geldt in Spanje al zo’n twee eeuwen als onontkoombaar nationaal symbool, en daarom is het de moeite waard te bekijken hoe latere kunstenaars zich tot hem hebben verhouden. Omdat ik afgelopen donderdagmorgen wakker werd in een hotel bij het Centraal Station van Antwerpen, was ik slechts een treinreis van de expositie gescheiden, want Bozar ligt in Brussel op een boogscheut van het Centraal Station.

Leerzaam was het bezoek zeker, maar het waren vooral dingen over mezelf die ik leerde. Dat ik al na een half uur klaar was, lag zeker niet aan de tentoonstelling. Er was origineel werk van de beroemde schilder; de inleidende documentatie over Goya’s leven en postume groei tot nationaal symbool was voorbeeldig; en er werd dus getoond hoe latere kunstenaars op zijn oeuvre reageerden. Zeg maar dat de een de Geklede Maja kopieerde en de ander z’n eigen versie van de Naakte Maja maakte. De rauwe oorlogsverslaggeving van Los Desastres de la Guerra inspireerde enkele even naargeestige werken. Het bleef niet beperkt tot twee dimensies: Bozar toonde ook wat kleine sculptuur.

Heel mooi dus, maar ik ben dus vrij snel weg gegaan. De simpele waarheid is: het was te druk. Er waren te veel mensen om alles rustig te bekijken. Al in de eerste zaal sprak een gids een groep toe. Zelfs als zo iemand whispers gebruikt, zoals musea steeds vaker aanbieden, zijn omstanders gedwongen mee te luisteren. Natuurlijk is het alleen maar goed dat er gidsen zijn – laat dat voorop staan – maar het zou fijn zijn als iemand die anderen dwingt tot meeluisteren, iets vertelt dat interessant is. Als een gids uitleggen moet van welke oorlog Goya ooggetuige was, dan heeft zo’n groep niet de moeite willen nemen zich voor te bereiden op het museumbezoek. Ik wil niet al te stellig, al te arrogant of al te pedant klinken, maar eigenlijk hebben zulke mensen niet zo veel te zoeken in een museum. Een bezoeker mag een inspanning leveren. Je komt naar een museum om jezelf te verrijken, toch?

Meer geluidsoverlast: de expositie bestond niet alleen uit afbeeldingen en sculptuur, maar er waren ook geluidsfragmenten, zoals van een mannenkoor. Bozar is niet het enige museum dat geluid is gaan gebruiken; het is museaal in de mode. En dat is ronduit gek. Musea zetten immers in op inclusiviteit. En terecht. Het is immers de culturele missie iets over het voetlicht te brengen bij zoveel mogelijk mensen. Het is bovendien meegenomen als de bezoekersaantallen en de inkomsten hoger zijn. Er is dus een goede invalidentoegang en geen museum verjaagt astmapatiënten met pakweg een rookinstallatie. Maar zoals ook Bozar toont, worden musea voor mensen met hyperacusis ontoegankelijker. Dat kan de bedoeling niet zijn.

Ik had echt vooruitgezien naar de tentoonstelling over Francisco Goya. Met opzet had ik vanuit Antwerpen het rustige boemeltreintje genomen; met opzet was ik alvast bij Brussel Noord uitgestapt om wandelend en ontspannen aan te komen op de Kunstberg. Maar het bezoek liep dus uit op een teleurstelling. Ik leerde donderdag vooral dat ik te oud word voor hedendaags museumbezoek. De nieuwe tijd, net wat u zegt.

Niet dat ik totaal voor niets naar Brussel ben gereisd. De museumboekhandel van Bozar is een waar paradijs en even verderop is La maison de la Bande Dessinée, dus ik had wat artistieks te lezen in de trein naar huis. Het was een boemel, het was prettig rustig, en dat is de voorwaarde om van kunst te genieten.

Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.

#bozar #brussel #franciscoGoya #hyperacusis #inclusiviteit #schilderkunst

Francisco Goya in Brussel (naar niet voor mij)

In Bozar, een van de culturele instellingen op de Brusselse Kunstberg, is nog tot 11 januari een expositie over de Spaanse schilder Francisco Goya en de moderniteit. De gedachte achter de tentoonstelling is interessant: Goya geldt in Spanje al zo’n twee eeuwen als onontkoombaar nationaal symbool, en daarom is het de moeite waard te bekijken hoe latere kunstenaars zich tot hem hebben verhouden. Omdat ik afgelopen donderdagmorgen wakker werd in een hotel bij het Centraal Station van Antwerpen, was ik slechts een treinreis van de expositie gescheiden, want Bozar ligt in Brussel op een boogscheut van het Centraal Station.

Leerzaam was het bezoek zeker, maar het waren vooral dingen over mezelf die ik leerde. Dat ik al na een half uur klaar was, lag zeker niet aan de tentoonstelling. Er was origineel werk van de beroemde schilder; de inleidende documentatie over Goya’s leven en postume groei tot nationaal symbool was voorbeeldig; en er werd dus getoond hoe latere kunstenaars op zijn oeuvre reageerden. Zeg maar dat de een de Geklede Maja kopieerde en de ander z’n eigen versie van de Naakte Maja maakte. De rauwe oorlogsverslaggeving van Los Desastres de la Guerra inspireerde enkele even naargeestige werken. Het bleef niet beperkt tot twee dimensies: Bozar toonde ook wat kleine sculptuur.

Heel mooi dus, maar ik ben dus vrij snel weg gegaan. De simpele waarheid is: het was te druk. Er waren te veel mensen om alles rustig te bekijken. Al in de eerste zaal sprak een gids een groep toe. Zelfs als zo iemand whispers gebruikt, zoals musea steeds vaker aanbieden, zijn omstanders gedwongen mee te luisteren. Natuurlijk is het alleen maar goed dat er gidsen zijn – laat dat voorop staan – maar het zou fijn zijn als iemand die anderen dwingt tot meeluisteren, iets vertelt dat interessant is. Als een gids uitleggen moet van welke oorlog Goya ooggetuige was, dan heeft zo’n groep niet de moeite willen nemen zich voor te bereiden op het museumbezoek. Ik wil niet al te stellig, al te arrogant of al te pedant klinken, maar eigenlijk hebben zulke mensen niet zo veel te zoeken in een museum. Een bezoeker mag een inspanning leveren. Je komt naar een museum om jezelf te verrijken, toch?

Meer geluidsoverlast: de expositie bestond niet alleen uit afbeeldingen en sculptuur, maar er waren ook geluidsfragmenten, zoals van een mannenkoor. Bozar is niet het enige museum dat geluid is gaan gebruiken; het is museaal in de mode. En dat is ronduit gek. Musea zetten immers in op inclusiviteit. En terecht. Het is immers de culturele missie iets over het voetlicht te brengen bij zoveel mogelijk mensen. Het is bovendien meegenomen als de bezoekersaantallen en de inkomsten hoger zijn. Er is dus een goede invalidentoegang en geen museum verjaagt astmapatiënten met pakweg een rookinstallatie. Maar zoals ook Bozar toont, worden musea voor mensen met hyperacusis ontoegankelijker. Dat kan de bedoeling niet zijn.

Ik had echt vooruitgezien naar de tentoonstelling over Francisco Goya. Met opzet had ik vanuit Antwerpen het rustige boemeltreintje genomen; met opzet was ik alvast bij Brussel Noord uitgestapt om wandelend en ontspannen aan te komen op de Kunstberg. Maar het bezoek liep dus uit op een teleurstelling. Ik leerde donderdag vooral dat ik te oud word voor hedendaags museumbezoek. De nieuwe tijd, net wat u zegt.

Niet dat ik totaal voor niets naar Brussel ben gereisd. De museumboekhandel van Bozar is een waar paradijs en even verderop is La maison de la Bande Dessinée, dus ik had wat artistieks te lezen in de trein naar huis. Het was een boemel, het was prettig rustig, en dat is de voorwaarde om van kunst te genieten.

Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.

#bozar #brussel #franciscoGoya #hyperacusis #inclusiviteit #schilderkunst

@darrellpf @actuallyautistic A year ago I developed #hyperacusis something I had no idea existed (improved a lot in recent months, but still I place dishes and cups down gently on hard surfaces). One therapy said to help is special music playlists. I recognized they were mostly New Age and Ambient ,which I listen to all the time.

On the flip side, having a TV on, even with the sound turned down too low for me to follow it has always been comforting, but that comes from old work environmments.

I'm again thinking about how the sort of #hyperacusis I seem to experience (stuff around 4-8 KHz gets stressful quickly) is probably a side effect of evolutionary pressure to be really good at locating predators or prey making small movements

I'm very curious if anyone has ever looked into this hypothesis

#DEI is alive & well at the #VA. :dogelaugh: I was just informed that a #healthcare #contractor had canceled my referral because I told them that their wait music is #triggering to people who have #hyperacusis

I mean the VA literally just told me that is the reason that was given— I complained about their hold music. It could have been worse, but something so easy to fix⸮

DEI and Die might have something in common, with this #government

#LivingWithDisabilities #discrimination #JustSaying

I hate not being able to listen to podcasts.

Not being able to play music really fucking sucks, but not being able to feel included also really fucking sucks.

#Hyperacusis #Migraine #Tinnitus #ChronicPain #ChronicMigraine

Right now I have one of those elevated tinnitus states where it isn't quite migraine-level but is "whispery" located in the center of my hearing, against the background of my metastable tinnitus, which I perceive as "higher" and "stereo separated".

Migraines are never stereoscopic for me. That's one huge way I can tell when I "just have tinnitus" and when I have full blown hyperacusis (sigh... maybe someday Apple will add my sickness to their spelling dictionary).

It is my regular day-off from working out, but this is the kind of condition that exercise helps reduce. So I may use tomorrow as a break day, and do some extended stuff today instead.

#migraine #tinnitus #hyperacusis #hearing #HIIT #exercise #mindfulness

Severe #tinnitus and #hyperacusis are extremely unforgiving conditions. Many conditions are, of course, but I only know those from a distance. It seems the smallest mistake can cause a massive long term worsening - but years of being careful results in merely somewhat slowing a decline or maintenance at best.

People who have lasted with unpredictable, reactive, unmaskable tinnitus have my respect!

[Note; I’m talking about severe varieties here. Mild - moderate tinnitus can indeed be habituated to, and moderate hyperacusis or sometimes even severe hyperacusis on its own seems to be able go away entirely. I’ve experienced both; my mild tinnitus was severely worsened by other conditions and situations, and is a whole other creature to what it began as.]

Noise is so difficult for me to deal with. I wasn't a huge fan of noise before, but it has gotten actually painful ever since #LongCOVID. Noise can often lead to crashes. Someone once told me that i might have #Hyperacusis. Don't know if that's true, since it is very difficult to diagnose it and i have to avoid medical facilities anyway, i might never know.

The world is a noisy place.

Another intense workout another reduced migraine.

My verapamil ran out two weeks ago and it is clear it was doing practically nothing.

I could get used to this.

#AtypicalMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #MovementIsMedicine #yoga #HIIT #Minfulness #DeepListening

Another intense workout another reduced migraine.

My verapamil ran out two weeks ago and it is clear it was doing practically nothing.

I could get used to this.

#AtypicalMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #MovementIsMedicine #yoga #HIIT #Minfulness #DeepListening

Another intense workout another reduced migraine.

My verapamil ran out two weeks ago and it is clear it was doing practically nothing.

I could get used to this.

#AtypicalMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #MovementIsMedicine #yoga #HIIT #Minfulness #DeepListening

Another intense workout another reduced migraine.

My verapamil ran out two weeks ago and it is clear it was doing practically nothing.

I could get used to this.

#AtypicalMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #MovementIsMedicine #yoga #HIIT #Minfulness #DeepListening

Another intense workout another reduced migraine.

My verapamil ran out two weeks ago and it is clear it was doing practically nothing.

I could get used to this.

#AtypicalMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #MovementIsMedicine #yoga #HIIT #Minfulness #DeepListening

"A long-term study conducted by SoundSense has identified a correlation between a person's sensitivity to loud noises or specific tones that were often inaudible to others, and that person's state of ill health or a health condition"

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/ince/incecp/2024/00000269/00000001/art00047

@hyperacusis #NoiseSensitivity #SoundSensitivity #Hyperacusis

Postdrome the past two days. Full-body nausea since yesterday.

I haven't had a migraine since sometime'ish Thursday / Friday, Saturday it was crushed by an abortive and Sunday it was completely gone. Today tinnitus is very present, which is tricky because it can be very loud and intense and not be a migraine. The nausea helped decide that one for me.

Zofran to the rescue. Although I think I feel the migraine inching back through this fan/AC-induced tinnitus.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #Hyperacusis #Postdrome

It's been an entire week that I haven't had migraine activity.

Yesterday the migraine was scratching at the edges and I was keeping it at bay with caffeine and benedryl. The tinnitus from the AC is hard to push down, but it hasn't tipped all the way into migraine.

Abortive treatment like that comes with a big rebound migraine after they've run their course for me, i.e. I am chronic and it comes right back. I suck it up because it's worth the relief, if just for one day.

This morning I thought... "ok here comes the rebound. I hear some tickling and heavier tinnitus..." and did my yoga and core stretches and pushed a bit harder in my HIIT sets...

The migraine never showed up. It's not here. The longest span I have ever had of no migraine and then not having it the next day since - and I shit you not - 2019.

The only thing I've changed is the intense exercise. Everything else has stayed the same, but it's like the HIIT is dropping the cortisol <so much> that the other things I'm doing finally feel like a working set of things, so that this past week the bucket is getting completely emptied when I exercise.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #HIIT #Exercise #AtypicalMigraine #Hyperacusis #VestibularMigraine

It's been an entire week that I haven't had migraine activity.

Yesterday the migraine was scratching at the edges and I was keeping it at bay with caffeine and benedryl. The tinnitus from the AC is hard to push down, but it hasn't tipped all the way into migraine.

Abortive treatment like that comes with a big rebound migraine after they've run their course for me, i.e. I am chronic and it comes right back. I suck it up because it's worth the relief, if just for one day.

This morning I thought... "ok here comes the rebound. I hear some tickling and heavier tinnitus..." and did my yoga and core stretches and pushed a bit harder in my HIIT sets...

The migraine never showed up. It's not here. The longest span I have ever had of no migraine and then not having it the next day since - and I shit you not - 2019.

The only thing I've changed is the intense exercise. Everything else has stayed the same, but it's like the HIIT is dropping the cortisol <so much> that the other things I'm doing finally feel like a working set of things, so that this past week the bucket is getting completely emptied when I exercise.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #HIIT #Exercise #AtypicalMigraine #Hyperacusis #VestibularMigraine

It's been an entire week that I haven't had migraine activity.

Yesterday the migraine was scratching at the edges and I was keeping it at bay with caffeine and benedryl. The tinnitus from the AC is hard to push down, but it hasn't tipped all the way into migraine.

Abortive treatment like that comes with a big rebound migraine after they've run their course for me, i.e. I am chronic and it comes right back. I suck it up because it's worth the relief, if just for one day.

This morning I thought... "ok here comes the rebound. I hear some tickling and heavier tinnitus..." and did my yoga and core stretches and pushed a bit harder in my HIIT sets...

The migraine never showed up. It's not here. The longest span I have ever had of no migraine and then not having it the next day since - and I shit you not - 2019.

The only thing I've changed is the intense exercise. Everything else has stayed the same, but it's like the HIIT is dropping the cortisol <so much> that the other things I'm doing finally feel like a working set of things, so that this past week the bucket is getting completely emptied when I exercise.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #HIIT #Exercise #AtypicalMigraine #Hyperacusis #VestibularMigraine

It's been an entire week that I haven't had migraine activity.

Yesterday the migraine was scratching at the edges and I was keeping it at bay with caffeine and benedryl. The tinnitus from the AC is hard to push down, but it hasn't tipped all the way into migraine.

Abortive treatment like that comes with a big rebound migraine after they've run their course for me, i.e. I am chronic and it comes right back. I suck it up because it's worth the relief, if just for one day.

This morning I thought... "ok here comes the rebound. I hear some tickling and heavier tinnitus..." and did my yoga and core stretches and pushed a bit harder in my HIIT sets...

The migraine never showed up. It's not here. The longest span I have ever had of no migraine and then not having it the next day since - and I shit you not - 2019.

The only thing I've changed is the intense exercise. Everything else has stayed the same, but it's like the HIIT is dropping the cortisol <so much> that the other things I'm doing finally feel like a working set of things, so that this past week the bucket is getting completely emptied when I exercise.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #HIIT #Exercise #AtypicalMigraine #Hyperacusis #VestibularMigraine

It's been an entire week that I haven't had migraine activity.

Yesterday the migraine was scratching at the edges and I was keeping it at bay with caffeine and benedryl. The tinnitus from the AC is hard to push down, but it hasn't tipped all the way into migraine.

Abortive treatment like that comes with a big rebound migraine after they've run their course for me, i.e. I am chronic and it comes right back. I suck it up because it's worth the relief, if just for one day.

This morning I thought... "ok here comes the rebound. I hear some tickling and heavier tinnitus..." and did my yoga and core stretches and pushed a bit harder in my HIIT sets...

The migraine never showed up. It's not here. The longest span I have ever had of no migraine and then not having it the next day since - and I shit you not - 2019.

The only thing I've changed is the intense exercise. Everything else has stayed the same, but it's like the HIIT is dropping the cortisol <so much> that the other things I'm doing finally feel like a working set of things, so that this past week the bucket is getting completely emptied when I exercise.

#Migraine #Tinnitus #HIIT #Exercise #AtypicalMigraine #Hyperacusis #VestibularMigraine

This most recent arm of research into testosterone and migraine led me to including High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) into my daily Yoga/Core routine. I need to build strength and testosterone, with a running theory that my very low T is coupled with the chronic migraine.

A few days recently I've woken with a bad migraine and doing the HIIT exercising *noticeably* reduced the migraine activity. It is momentary, but it definitely happens.

Yet again, this pathway of discovery is turning up all kinds of synchronicity with my condition. This is a paper that did a study on the effect of aerobic versus HIIT training on migraines:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36229774/

#ChronicMigraine #Migraine #Hyperacusis #Testosterone #Fitness #Mindfulness

Interesting article about noise sensitivity. Very recognizable. I couldn't live without my noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds anymore. They've made my life less stressful.

https://www.wired.com/story/noise-sensitive-how-to-tell/

#noise #sound #audio #ear #ears #hearing #NC #NoiseCancelling #loud #stress #silence #sensitivity #hyperacusis #misophonia #article #reading #read #interesting

In spite every attempt to make sure that my phone would not go off with today’s #EmergencyAlert signal #test, my #iPhone screamed, when I later took it out of #AirplaneMode.

#Hyperacusis triggered, and I felt like I was jolted by about 50k volts of electricity, right down my spine

My body didn’t know how to respond for a moment, and it was all I could do to turn off the phone. My knees buckled!

From now on, I won’t be allowing emergency alerts on my phone. It’s entirely too #painful 😔

@kagan #hyperacusis is not a joke. It’s good to see you recognize/acknowledge it

I know I was complaining about noise a bunch last week. Things could be so much worse, though. I was just cranky. I'm fairly sure I don't actually have #hyperacusis — and my heart goes out to those who do. All my sympathy. Trying to live in #NewYorkCity with hyperacusis sounds difficult, and I salute those who do. (Though, as the article says, there are noises even in rural places.) https://www.curbed.com/2023/08/hyperacusis-noise-living-new-york-city.html

Many probably know this but I just heard there are some quiet hair dryers on the market now. Could be useful for households where there is somebody with #soundsensitivity e.g. people with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #autism, etc.

#NoiseSensitivity #PwME #hyperacusis #mecfs @mecfs #cfs

@JeremyMallin have you tried hearing protection? I use everything from earplugs to #ANC (automatic noise canceling) #headphones, depending on the circumstances

I know that each of us have different needs, but there might be a way around this that I didn’t need to consider.

Because #hyperacusis is such a rare condition, (as I understand it) most doctors don’t really know much about it. (I often have to explain it.)

Good luck out there. I know it’s hard but you can do it 💪🏼

I really like the #99PercentInvisicle ( #99PI ) #podcast

I generally enjoy #RomanMars’ #soothing voice, but this was hard

The episode (540) is called The Siren Of Scrap Metal. It took me on an #audio-only journey through a #Mexican #subculture.

Good stuff, in spite of the #noise

#hyperacusis

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3bb687b0-04af-4257-90f1-39eef4e631b6/episodes/ba74cf35-1123-4f02-9758-e0698b35794d/audio/128/default.mp3

I really like the #99PercentInvisicle ( #99PI ) #podcast

I generally enjoy #RomanMars’ #soothing voice, but this was hard

The episode (540) is called The Siren Of Scrap Metal. It took me on an #audio-only journey through a #Mexican #subculture.

Good stuff, in spite of the #noise

#hyperacusis

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3bb687b0-04af-4257-90f1-39eef4e631b6/episodes/ba74cf35-1123-4f02-9758-e0698b35794d/audio/128/default.mp3

I really like the #99PercentInvisicle ( #99PI ) #podcast

I generally enjoy #RomanMars’ #soothing voice, but this was hard

The episode (540) is called The Siren Of Scrap Metal. It took me on an #audio-only journey through a #Mexican #subculture.

Good stuff, in spite of the #noise

#hyperacusis

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3bb687b0-04af-4257-90f1-39eef4e631b6/episodes/ba74cf35-1123-4f02-9758-e0698b35794d/audio/128/default.mp3

I really like the #99PercentInvisicle ( #99PI ) #podcast

I generally enjoy #RomanMars’ #soothing voice, but this was hard

The episode (540) is called The Siren Of Scrap Metal. It took me on an #audio-only journey through a #Mexican #subculture.

Good stuff, in spite of the #noise

#hyperacusis

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3bb687b0-04af-4257-90f1-39eef4e631b6/episodes/ba74cf35-1123-4f02-9758-e0698b35794d/audio/128/default.mp3