Hyperacusis

Hearing Health Foundation’s Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program awards grants to researchers studying hyperacusis including:

  • Mechanisms of hyperacusis

  • Development of animal models

  • Genetics of hyperacusis

  • Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hyperacusis

  • Brain imaging, biomarkers, electrophysiology of hyperacusis

  • Distinctions between hyperacusis and tinnitus

  • Interaction between auditory nerve and trigeminal nerve information

ERG awards are for up to $50,000 per year, one year in length in the first instance, and renewable for a second year. Find more information below about hyperacusis projects awarded a grant in prior years.

Researchers interested in applying for an Emerging Research Grant are encouraged to review our grant policy. Please also check our ERG page and sign up for grant alerts for application cycle dates and specific grant opportunities available this year.


Recent Hyperacusis Grantees & Projects


Hearing Health Foundation is grateful to Hyperacusis Research for their ongoing support of many of our Emerging Research Grants in the area of hyperacusis. For a full list of ERG scientists funded by Hyperacusis Research, their projects, and related publications and additional grants, please see the ERG Hyperacusis Research page here.