By Jerad J. D. Rider It all started on July 24, 2021, a day that 33-year-old Samantha “Sami” Jones would rank as unforgettable in STL’s suburbia,...
Sami’s Story: A Sufferer of the Ultra-Rare Vestibular Hyperacusis
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Awareness
An Interview With James A. Henry, PhD, Author of The Hyperacusis and Misophonia Book
James A. Henry, PhD, is a retired research audiologist who obtained a doctorate in behavioral neuroscience. He studied tinnitus for 35+ years, and...
The Cruellest Month
By Jerad J. D. Rider Many think of winter as a big endurance test, and once its end is drawing near they hold...
Checkmate
By Erin W. I learned to play chess two days ago. Naturally, I am not a skilled player yet. In one of my early games, I encountered a great match...
An Interview With John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater’s impressive talents, education, and career are decades in-the-making: he writes, sings, and...
‘Bad Advice from Doctors Destroyed My Life; now I’m Stuck in My Room, Missing My Son’
Authored by Jerad J. D. Rider "I only see my son at night when he is sleeping soundly," Erin wrote while wiping tears that welled up in her angry...
Shane’s Story
Authored by Shane Irwin . . . As a lifetime churchgoer, now 56 years old, I’ve had to leave the traditional...
Those Eyes Tell a Story
Authored by J. D. Rider As he gazed at this photo and grievously wrote, "Those eyes tell a story," a sense of...
C’est un Cauchemar
Authored by J. D. Rider “C'est un cauchemar”—French for “It's a nightmare”—is an endless thought in Sonia...
Tinnitus and Suicides
By J. D. Rider jdrider5@gmail.com A little-known statistic says that nine percent of women...