Talk:Hyperacusis

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[edit] I

I added a symptoms list but am very new to wikipedia. My information came from:

http://www.hyperacusis-tinnitus.com/hyperacusis-symptoms.html

and

http://www.vestibular.org/vestibular-disorders/specific-disorders/vestibular-hyperacusis.php

If the information needs to be cited can someone please take care of that? I'm sorry to be such a newb.

[edit] advocacy

I think there should be a section added about advocacy of Hyperacusis. Not everyone can cure it. I don't see why it's so difficult for people to comprehend the concept of, what is not considered so loud for you is extremely loud to me. Especially when it comes to sitting near chidren. I see ads for Fybromialgyia as saying "If you could see how I'm hurting, would you care?" Apperantly there's no room for that type of sympathy when it comes to Hyperacusis. Just, "Grin and bear it, listen to Pink Noise, and hope that works."

I don't ask for much, just not to sit down near a family of small children at a resturant so I won't have to cover my ears. Why is that so freaking difficult? It'd be different if I expected everyone around me to shut up. I don't think Hyperacusis would be ignored as an issue, if it weren't for that it means people don't want to be around the precious children.

Perhaps people don't understand the concept of disability:

I cannot change this.

Is it really that so many people are so selfish, as to not cause another person suffering, when it requires such small effort on their part? In fact the whole invisble disability thing. You know what, if I say this causes me problems, I don't do it for fun. Who would? Someone who enjoys having people assume the reason they have an issue with noise is a "retard". Or a person who likes that people don't belive they have a problem with loud noise, until they scream to block the noise out and then most certainly, are considered to be a "retard" by most people. Is that really the only option? To act "retarded" to get people to belive you?

I think people in the Hyperacusis community need to stop acting as if their only option is to try and make their invisible disability more convenient for others. I'm sorry, I don't see how listening to Pink Noise is going to magically make me not jump when I hear a balloon pop. We have to speak up on behalf of ourselves, like people with Fibromyalgia. They don't say, "Well I'll just have to put up with the pain when people touch me."

I'm sorry it's such a huge inconvenience for people to realize, that not everyone with a disability is in a wheelchair, or has their arms curled up and are drooling. That's part of being an adult, realizing that you can't judge everything just by sight alone. Although between this and the prevailing sizeism in our country, it seems there are alot of adults out there very comfortable in perceiving people like a small child would. Violet yoshi (talk) 13:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)