label: noxacusis
label_lc: noxacusis
description: Noxacusis/pain hyperacusis is characterized by individuals who experience otalgia or pain (e.g., dull ache, burning, sharp, stabbing pain and throbbing pain) in response to everyday sounds. This differs clinically from those whose primary symptom is the perception of everyday sounds as excessively loud (termed loudness hyperacusis).