Sound Sensitivity Navigator: Hyperacusis, Sound Aversion & Misophonia | UCSF EARS
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Sound Sensitivity Navigator: Hyperacusis, Sound Aversion & Misophonia

Use this educational tool to describe your sound sensitivity, get a sense of which kinds of clinicians often get involved, and prepare language and questions for your appointments. This tool does not give diagnoses or treatment plans.

5–10 minutes to complete Adults, family members, and clinicians Your experience is real and deserves care
This is an educational tool only. It cannot diagnose conditions, decide candidacy for any procedure, or replace medical or mental health care. Sound sensitivity often involves both the ears and the brain’s threat and emotional systems. Multidisciplinary care is common.

If you are in crisis, feeling unsafe, or having thoughts of harming yourself or others, contact emergency services or a crisis resource in your area instead of using this tool.

Tell us a bit about what you’re noticing

You can change your answers at any time. This tool will suggest a starting point for care and give you language to bring to your own clinicians.

Who is this tool for?

This helps us suggest wording that fits the role you’re in.

Which patterns sound most like your experience?

Choose all that fit. It’s common to have more than one.

How much is sound sensitivity affecting daily life?

Think about work, school, relationships, and getting out of the house.

How are you feeling emotionally about all of this?

This helps us suggest when mental health support should be a priority alongside sound-focused care.

What kinds of care have already been involved?

This helps us decide whether the next step is more medical/audiology workup, sound-focused therapy, or mental health support.

Anything else you want your care team to know?

Optional. This text won’t be sent anywhere—it's just to help you clarify your story.