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I sent a search request for 4S to National Lib of Med, here is their

reply

Salin:

This is in response to your message to the National Library of

Medicine (NLM) about finding articles about selective sound

sensitivity syndrome.

According to information on this Internet page:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Soundsensitivity/, selective

sound sensitivity syndrome (also referred to as 4S) was named by

Marsha , an audiologist in Portland, Oregon. The above Web

page describes the syndrome, also called phonophobia and misophonia.

There are some Web pages on this selective sound sensitivity syndrome

that represent support groups, such as UK Misophonia (Sound

Sensitivity) Support Group at http://www.meetup.com/Sound-

Sensitivity/ and SoundSensitive at http://www.soundsensitive.org/

The terminology, " selective sound sensitivity syndrome " , has not been

adopted in the professional literature. It is not clear whether this

is a legitimate medical diagnosis at this time. There are no

references in MEDLINE/PubMed that include this phrase in the title or

abstract. There are only 3 references that use the

term " misophonia " , a term established by PJ Jastreboff and MM

Jastreboff and used in these articles:

Jastreboff PJ, Jastreboff MM.

Tinnitus retraining therapy for patients with tinnitus and decreased

sound tolerance.

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2003 Apr;36(2):321-36. Review.

PMID: 12856300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Jastreboff MM, Jastreboff PJ. Component of decreased sound tolerance:

hyperacusis,

misophonia, phonophobia. ITHS News Letter 2001;2:5–7. [not in

MEDLINE/PubMed]

Jastreboff PJ, Jastreboff MM. Tinnitus and hyperacusis. In: Snow JB,

Jr., editor.

Ballenger's manual of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery.

Hamilton, Ontario: BC

Decker; 2003. p. 181–92.

However, the term " phonophobia " is an entry term in the NLM MeSH

vocabulary system for the Hearing Disorder HYPERACUSIS and can be

used to search the professional medical literature. The following is

the MeSH scope note for HYPERACUSIS:

" Hyperacusis

An abnormally disproportionate increase in the sensation of loudness

in response to auditory stimuli of normal volume. COCHLEAR DISEASES;

VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; STAPES

SURGERY; and other disorders may be associated with this condition.

Year introduced: 2000(1979) "

You can review the literature on HYPERACUSIS by entering the

following strategy in the PubMed search box at http://pubmed.gov/:

hyperacusis [MeSH Major Topic] AND English[lang]

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