Recent publications
Kalsoom, N., Fackrell, K., & Carter, H. (2025). An online survey of sound therapy used to treat hyperacusis in adults in clinical practice in the UK. Hearing Balance and Communication, 23(2), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.4103/hbc.hbc_3_25
Kalsoom, N., Fackrell, K., El Nsouli, D., & Carter, H. (2024). Current Recommendations for the Use of Sound Therapy in Adults with Hyperacusis: A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080797
Fackrell, K., Sereda, M., Smith, S., Sheldrake, J., & Hoare, D. J. (2022). What Should Be Considered When Assessing Hyperacusis? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Hyperacusis Patients. Brain Sciences, 12, 1615. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121615
Fackrell, K, Stratmann, L., Gronlund, T., & Hoare, D. (2019). Top ten hyperacusis research priorities in the UK. The Lancet, 393(10170), 404–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32616-3
Fackrell, K, Stratmann, L., Kennedy, V., MacDonald, C., Hodgson, H., Wray, N., Farrell, C., Meadows, M., Sheldrake, J., Byrom, P., Baguley, D., Kentish, R., Chapman, S., Marriage, J., Phillips, J., Pollard, T., Henshaw, H., Gronlund, T., & Hoare, D. (2019). Identifying and prioritising unanswered research questions for people with hyperacusis: the James Lind Alliance Hyperacusis Priority Setting Partnership. BMJ Open, 9, e032178. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032178
Fackrell, K, & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Scales and questionnaires for decreased sound tolerance. In D. M. Baguley & M. Fagelson (Eds.), Hyperacusis and Disorders of Sound Intolerance: Clinical and Research Perspectives. Plural Publishing Inc.
Fackrell, K, Potgieter, I., Shekhawat, G. S., Baguley, D. M., Sereda, M., & Hoare, D. J. (2017). Clinical Interventions for Hyperacusis in Adults: A Scoping Review to Assess the Current Position and Determine Priorities for Research. BioMed Research International, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2723715
Fackrell, K, Fearnley, C., Hoare, D. J., & Sereda, M. (2015). Hyperacusis Questionnaire as a Tool for Measuring Hypersensitivity to Sound in a Tinnitus Research Population. BioMed Research International, 2015, 290425. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/290425
Conference presentations
Fackrell, K, Macdonald, C., Wray, N., Kennedy, V., Stratmann, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Geraghty, A. W., & Hoare, D. J. (2025). Development of an unguided digital intervention for hyperacusis: internet Self-Help, Understanding and Support for Hyperacusis (ishush). World Tinnitus Congress and International Tinnitus Seminar, Warsaw, Poland.
Fackrell, K, Macdonald, C., Wray, N., Kennedy, V., Stratmann, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Geraghty, A. W., & Hoare, D. J. (2025). Development and evaluation of an unguided digital intervention for hyperacusis: internet Self-Help, Understanding and Support for Hyperacusis (ishush). British Academy of Audiology conference, Trowell, UK
Daniel S, Sereda, M, Fackrell, K. (2025). An online evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Sound Sensitivity Symptoms Questionnaire (SSSQ) and Hyperacusis Impact Questionnaire (HIQ) with adults experiencing hyperacusis. Hyperacusis conference, Poland.
Fackrell, K, Macdonald, C., Wray, N., Kennedy, V., Stratmann, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Geraghty, A. W., & Hoare, D. J. (2023). ‘It’s not just me!’ A qualitative interview exploring the experiences, needs and challenges of adults living with hyperacusis. Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Fackrell, K, MacDonald, C., Wray, N., Kennedy, V., Stratmann, L., & Hoare, D. J. (2023). Experiences, challenges and what is needed when caring for adults with hyperacusis. Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Fackrell, K, MacDonald, C., Kennedy, V., Stratmann, L., Wray, N., Perez Vallejos, E., Geraghty, A. W., Keenan, A., & Hoare., D. J. (2019). A protocol for the development and evaluation of a digital intervention for education and self-management of hyperacusis. The Fourth International Meeting on Internet and Audiology, Southampton, UK.
Fackrell, K, Stratmann, L., Kennedy, V., MacDonald, C., Hodgson, H., Wray, N., Farrell, C., Meadows, M., Sheldrake, J., Byrom, P., Baguley, D., Kentish, R., Chapman, S., Marriage, J., Phillips, J., Pollard, T., Henshaw, H., Gronlund, T., & Hoare, D. (2018) Prioritising hyperacusis: The Top 10 research priorities. British Academy of Audiology 15th Annual Conference.
Fackrell, K, Sereda, M., Sheldrake, J., & Hoare, D. (2018). Untangling the relationship between tinnitus and hyperacusis: What are the problems reported by patients with a primary complaint of hyperacusis. International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, Regensburg, Germany.
Fackrell, K, Sereda, M., Sheldrake, J., Schaette, R., & Hoare, D. J. (2017). Why is Hyperacusis a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Patients and Research Volunteers. British Academy of Audiology 14th Annual Conference.