Priority 11 from the Hyperacusis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What are the risk factors for developing hyperacusis or making it worse? (JLA PSP Priority 11)
Overall ranking	11
JLA question ID	0075/11
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	None identified
Health Research Classification System category	Ear

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	What risk factors make it likelier that a person exposed to an apparent cause (e.g. drugs, toxins, sound) will get hyperacusis? (In other words, what's associated with the variation in acquiring hyperacusis given a similar provocation) ~ What in his life could potentially be making hyperacusis worse? ~ Does smoking in pregnancy result in siblings having hypeacusis? ~ Are certain people more prone to developing hyperacusis? ~ My son who is autistic didn't show signs of it until he was about 2-3 years old, was it developmental like his autism or did something happen to cause it?
Submitted by	Healthcare Professionals x 5 ~ Parents x 15 ~ Patient x 2 ~ Carer x 1 ~ Other x 1 ~ N/A x 1

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

What risk factors make it likelier that a person exposed to an apparent cause (e.g. drugs, toxins, sound) will get hyperacusis? (In other words, what's associated with the variation in acquiring hyperacusis given a similar provocation) ~ What in his life could potentially be making hyperacusis worse? ~ Does smoking in pregnancy result in siblings having hypeacusis? ~ Are certain people more prone to developing hyperacusis? ~ My son who is autistic didn't show signs of it until he was about 2-3 years old, was it developmental like his autism or did something happen to cause it?

Submitted by

Healthcare Professionals x 5 ~ Parents x 15 ~ Patient x 2 ~ Carer x 1 ~ Other x 1 ~ N/A x 1

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0075
PSP name	Hyperacusis
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	85 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	23 July 2018