Subject: Re: sounds too loud From: stallen <pj.stallen(at)chello.nl> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:50:19 +0100This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C07BC4.ABCFC260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It seems to me that hyperacusis (I was unfamiliar with this = term/phenomenon) is the physical representation of strong noise = sensitivity, the latter being the psychological readiness to respond to = any sound in much stronger ways than the average individual. = Over-recruitment being just another word. If this is right, then what is = known about the conditions for over-recruitment: who is and/or under = what conditions is one inclined to get it? Would like to hear about = findings regarding these categories. Thanks. Pieter Jan Stallen ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C07BC4.ABCFC260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>It seems to me that hyperacusis (I was unfamiliar = with this=20 term/phenomenon) is the physical representation of strong noise=20 sensitivity, the latter being the psychological readiness to = respond to any=20 sound in much stronger ways than the average individual. = Over-recruitment being=20 just another word. If this is right, then what is known about the = conditions for=20 over-recruitment: who is and/or under what conditions is one = inclined to=20 get it? Would like to hear about findings regarding these = categories.=20 Thanks. Pieter Jan Stallen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C07BC4.ABCFC260--