If you find that people around you lack sympathy for your inability to tolerate very lound noises from certain sources, suggest that you both go and look up the condition of 'hyperacusis' at the hyperacusis site. It was only through this site that I came to some understanding and tolerance of the level of complaint about dogs barking on this forum. I was also able to explain changes in my own reaction to some sounds. In fact, as people age and their range of sound detection changes, they are likely to respond differently to sound. Potentially we will all know someone who will have a hyperacusis experience at some level at some time.

Barking dogs and other forms of aural assault gravely degrade the quality of life of many in our community, including my own. Are there ways in which the victims of nuisance dog barking remedy this situation? Is reliance upon local government to enforce anti-barking laws, where they exist, the best approach. What other forms of recourse are there?

This Forum is a continuation of a previous forum which originated from a blog entry by Quiet Tasmania.

Barking is the Noise most complained about - but the least enforced.