This post originally made by Abishag <>< but accidentally deleted by Russ.
Here is the repost (Sorry...My mistake).


Hello Lynn,

Thank you for all the information that you have so eloquently posted on Hyperacusis and tinnitus, on this website. Yourself being a 'sucess story' to a previous website, is proof- positive that you know what you are talking about.

I am also a Hyperacusis/tinnitus person. My condition came as a result of a 'brain aneurysm' surgery. The Hyperacusis keeps me living a very 'sheltered life'. Since most all sounds are too loud in this noise polluted world of ours..

I am kept inside most of the time.....the little shopping that I do must be done with earplugs intact. I have had to leave Walmart because the sounds of people and the intercom system is 'overly loud' to my sound sensitivity. There are Micro-Tech hearing aids that REDUCE sounds, rather than enhance them. They are very expensive and most Insurances do not cover them, so I'm told.

Thank you, Russ for permitting this 'hearing impairment' ' to be addressed on your website. Perhaps other people will be able to understand what they are going through and mostly to know that 'they are not alone' in this condition.

God bless you for this website and for informing people about various conditions that cause many to be bewildered, frustrated, and lonely.

Abishag <><