Hyersensitivty to sounds

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Do you have it?

I have had it since forever. My grandma told me a story when I was 5 years old we went to the movies together and I ran out screaming holding my ears. I was also told that my hearing is too sensitivity that even every noises are too loud, which I knew about before they said it. When I was a child my mom said they said I had keen hearing like a dog, and that my ears were very sensitive to sounds. From screaming when my mom closes the cabinet, to the plates hitting, sirens going, motorcycle, more things but I don't even know because most of it I stay away from. I especially hate noises that scares me so much I feel like I have ran out my body.

I just thought I would ask.

"People noises" like chewing, swallowing, coughing, snoring, etc, will make my skin crawl. Over the years I've learned to tolerate some by reminding myself that they will be over soon. But, things like chewing and swallowing and snoring are not necessarily transient and I wish I could say I don't still sometimes leave a room because of them (I remove myself, usually, because I consider this to be 'my' problem and I'm not going to disrupt things if me leaving is going to solve the issue). I also wish I could say I haven't, on occasion, made my SO eat his candy outside the car because I was going to throttle him between the chewing/smacking/cellophane rattling.

Which brings me to the 'rustling' noises - plastic, rummaging through drawers, etc.

Tapping, pen-clicking (this was a college issue of monumental proportion)... there are probably more.

There's a reason why I can't wear my hearing aids.

I get very hostile/bitchy about sounds usually, so it doesn't come across as anything other than me simply being a hostile/bitchy person. This is a large part of the reason I went undiagnosed. They figured it was just my personality, which I guess is true - but for different reasons.

Yes, I absolutely have hypersensitivity to some sounds. For me, it is mostly whispering sounds that drive me crazy. I can hear people whispering from across a large room, even if there are other sounds (people working & talking) - the whispering stands right out.

Also, I have issues with repetitive sounds that have long pauses (so, sounds that happen every 30 seconds - like some cell phones beep until someone answers the messages.)

Luckily, I can listen to music while I'm at work - so that helps to cancel out the annoying little sounds around me.

Yes but only sometimes and it seems to be completely random but it's mostly to people talking around me and I get really irritated and annoyed and have to leave the room.

I get scared of noises, even small ones. The sound of neighbors outside scare me. The sound of car doors slamming, motorcycles, people talking, trains, sometimes. I saw the movie "2012" at the theatre a few weeks ago & the noises were so loud at times that I had to cover my ears just to keep from having to leave the theatre.

I'm only sensitive to some sounds. I actually like some loud sounds like heavy bass or rock concerts.

I can't stand the sound of the fire alarm in our home. It'll go off every so often when we cook. I also HATE the sound of styrofoam rubbing together. That sound actually makes me feel pain.

I'm extremely sensitive to many sounds. I hate loud sounds unless it's my own music played very loud. I'm very rarely in the mood for that, too. Silence is best for me.

Yes, bigtime.

I've always had real issues with sound ever since I was a kiddie. I screamed and fell over at a fireworks display because the noise freaked me out (I was 4 so I must have heard them before!). When I was 10 I suffered a particularly nasty ear infection in my right ear, ended up with slightly 'dim' hearing (can't think of a better word!), slight tinnitus and an extreme ability to pick up certain sounds.

One time at my Grandma's house, I went upstairs only to come running down with my hands over my ears. I shouted, 'what on earth is that awful noise?' and my mum, dad, brother and Grandma all came upstairs to find out. None of them could hear it and suddenly my Grandma realised it was the 'squirrel repeller' she had put in the attic! One of the things on the lable read 'inaudable to humans'... except for ones with freaky hearing it seems...

Later, after years of freaking out to sounds (in particular people eating... interesting how I'm not the only one here with that!), I went to an audiologist who immediately diagnosed hyperacusis. I now have to wear hearing aids in both ears which emit a 'white noise' into my ears. It's so quiet I don't notice it most of the time!

Only problem is it hasn't worked yet...

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

Much more so as a child than I do now. My issue was more with startling sounds than loud sounds, but there were a few sounds I hated... like the mini-vacuum cleaner that my mother used to run. She could only run it when I wasn't around.

I still hate the sound and feel of styrofoam, but I think this is fairly common among the general population.

The lift makes a loud clunk noise when it stops at a floor, which if I am eating lunch near it, it sometimes drives me mad. People's phones going off with those annoying jangly message tones again and again on the bus will make me angry. High pitched noises are unbearable. Also, I can hear very precise differences in things like digital audio like this radio station I am streaming right now has a metalic noise on some frequencies which is horrible.

Sounds don't bother me so much, but certain smells or light patterns do. Strobe lights and really strong perfume or hairspray give me a headache.

Both me and my wife have it moderatelly, my daughter indeed is highly sensitive, actually is the AS-related problem that scarry me more, next year she should go to kindergarden and you know how much noise there is?