Associations to the word «Hyperacusis»

Wiktionary

HYPERACUSIS, noun. (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds

Dictionary definition

HYPERACUSIS, noun. Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats