recorded under the name Azusa Plane, had hyperacusis and ultimately went on to die by suicide due in part to his sensitivity to noise. Musician Stephin Merritt has monaural hyperacusis in his left ear, which influences the instrumentation of his band, The Magnetic Fields, leads him to wear earplugs during performances and to cover his affected ear during audience applause. Musician Laura Ballance of Superchunk has hyperacusis and no longer tours with the band. American politician, activist, and film producer Michael Huffington has mild hyperacusis and underwent sound therapy after finding that running tap water caused ear pain. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, was reported seriously ill by the latter half of 1921, having hyperacusis and symptoms such as regular headache and insomnia. Musician Chris Singleton had hyperacusis, but made a full recovery. Musician Peter Silberman of The Antlers had hyperacusis and tinnitus which put his musical career on hold, until the conditions reduced down to a "manageable level". He has now resumed his musical career. Voice actor Liam O'Brien has hyperacusis, and was insomniac as a consequence. In April 2021, Internet personality, singer-songwriter and voice actor Tay Zonday stated that he has "debilitating autistic hyperacusis". Noelle Foley developed hyperacusis after getting a concussion and neck injury on a roller coaster. Racing driver Wolfgang Reip developed severe hyperacusis after several noise traumas during his racing career. British writer Linda Stratmann suffers from hyperacusis and reports noises "cut through her like a scalpel". Beethoven possibly suffered from hyperacusis alongside his hearing loss. In a letter, he wrote: "As soon as anybody shouts, I can’t bear it. Heaven alone knows what is to become of me." See also Misophonia Otoacoustic emission Sensory processing sensitivity Recruitment (medicine) References 55. London Electricity Story (DJ) (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHWbfSGf200 - Full Hyperacusis Remission 56. When Ordinary Loud Sounds Hurt Your Ears (Joyce Cohen) 2022 - Article https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/53076-Hyperacusis-when-ordinary-loud-sounds-hurt-your-ears 57. It Feels Like A knife Is Being Stabbed into My Ears (Jessica Leeder) 2019 - Globe & Mail Article. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-it-feels-like-a-knife-is-being-stabbed-into-my-ears-says-sufferer-of/ 58. Hyperacusis Central Promo "Educational" Video (David Vance, Shay Miles, Brian Newman) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D84-tXPqFUU&t=5s External links Hyperacusis Research Hyperacusis Central Further reading Psychoacoustics Diseases of the ear and mastoid process Audiology Rare diseases