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Background and Rationale for a Transitional Intervention for Debilitating Sound Intolerance
What is it about?
This report presents the background and rationale for a progressive intervention for treatment of debilitating sound intolerance (hyperacusis). Persons with debilitating hyperacusis characteristically engage in sound avoidance behaviors, including overuse of sound-blocking protective devices and unhealthy avoidance of typical daily sounds. Our intervention, described in companion reports that include a trial of the intervention, transitions affected individuals from counter-productive sound avoidance to enriching sound treatment under safe and controlled conditions that promote resolution and lessening of their hyperacusis problem.
Why is it important?
The transitional intervention overcomes counter-productive barriers to the use of sound-enriching treatments that have historically been challenging for persons with debilitating hyperacusis to use successfully to overcome their life-altering sound intolerance.