Chronic Back Pain Makes the World Sound Harsher

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80% of patients with chronic back pain had impaired sound perception. Treatment of the pain resulted in some reduction in impaired sound perception.

Auditory Hyperresponsivity in Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pain Reprocessing Therapy
by Alina E. C. Panzel MSc, Christian Büchel MD, Andrew Leroux PhD, Tor D. Wager PhD, Yoni K. Ashar PhD. Annals of Neurology