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Hyperacusis

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Definition: An abnormally disproportionate increase in the sensation of loudness in response to auditory stimuli of normal volume. COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; STAPES SURGERY; and other disorders may be associated with this condition.      Other names Recruitment, Loudness; Loudness Recruitment; Auditory Hyperesthesia; Phonophobias; Perception Disturbances, Loudness; Perception Disturbance, Loudness; Loudness Recruitments; Loudness Perception Disturbance; Hyperesthesias, Auditory; Hyperesthesia, Auditory; Hyperacusias; Hyperacuses; Disturbances, Loudness Perception; Disturbance, Loudness Perception; Auditory Hyperesthesias; Phonophobia; Loudness Perception Disturbances; Hyperacusia

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