Investigation of Frequency-Specific Loudness Discomfort Levels in Listeners With Migraine: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Hypersensitivity to auditory stimuli is a commonly reported symptom in listeners with migraine, yet it remains relatively unexplored in research. This study aims to investigate loudness discomfort levels in listeners with migraine, while identifying the frequencies most affected by the phenomenon.

Design

To achieve this, the study compared just audible level and loudness discomfort level ranges between participants with and without migraine from the United Kingdom, Greece as well as the participant recruitment platform Prolific, across 13 frequencies from 100 to 12,000 Hz, through an online listening test.

Results

Fifty-five participants with migraine and 49 participants without migraine from both countries and Prolific were included in the analysis, where

SUBMITTER: Mourgela A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426780 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature