I have been living with hyperacusis since 2011. It was sudden onset with tinnitus and hearing loss above 4 kHz in my left ear. It destroyed my audio engineering career and rendered me suicidal, unable to tolerate every day sounds. I have been living as a hermit avoiding people as much as possible. I’m going for a consultation at UCLA Medical Center with Dr Quinten Gopen to see if I am a candidate for his surgical technique. If that doesn’t pan out I will try Dr. Herbert Silverstein in Sarasota Florida who has developed a surgical technique that might work. I have been tested for everything from MS and Minaeres and tried every healing technique to no avail. Surgery is my only hope to get my life back. Hyperacusis is soul crushing and beyond horrible.