Richard S. Tyler, Ph.D.

Meet the Researcher

Richard Tyler, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa. He was trained both as a clinical audiologist and then as a Psychoacoustician. He has served on The National Academies Institute of Medicine Committee on Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, the World Health Organization Panel on ‘Burden of disease from Environmental noise and Tinnitus and the Committee for Revision of the Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (hearing loss and tinnitus).

The Research

University of Iowa
Literature review on hyperacusis, recruitment, misophonia, phonophobia, and mechanisms

The funded research will result in a thorough review of the literature, documenting causes, mechanisms, measurement and treatment. It is the intent that the review will provide a comprehensive document that clinicians and researchers will be able to use to understand hyperacusis and to improve current treatment approaches, and to suggest future treatment directions.

Research areas: cochlear implants, tinnitus

Long-term goal of research: The long-term goal is to provide a systematic, comprehensive review of the entire field of hyperacusis. By providing such a widespread and comprehensive review of hyperacusis, we should be able to provide the background necessary to direct research to find cures.