r/hyperacusis•
Snoo_51368

Audiologists are morons, truly

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When manual wax removal didn't help my ear blockage my ENT insisted on doing a hearing test because he said it would help him determine if there was fluid in my ears. I informed everyone about my hyperacusis and asked the audiologist what the max decibel level of the sounds being played in the headphones would be and she could only say "it's very soft". I asked if anything would exceed 50-60 dB and she said "of course not". This was true for the part that tested hearing loss, but then she was about to attempt an LDL test on me before I stopped her. This is sort of appalling to me because LDL tests start out at 60 dB and sometimes go past 90 which would have hurt my ears to the point of a full body reaction. In fact during the word recognition part they played some low vibrating tone in one of the earphones that wasn't particularly loud but made me involuntarily convulse and remove the earphones immediately. I just really can't believe the blatant misinformation. I thought I was working with providers that had some education on H but apparently this only applied to the doctor.

Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:25 AM UTC

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