Husband with sound intolerance and a baby

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I'm almost 8 weeks pregnant and am excited about it and my husband is too just more reluctant and scared than me. I think he will be a good dad but he has some issues with sounds. He gets mad and irritated at noises, such as babies crying. He has bad tinnitus and sensitive hearing. He got mad at our cat the other day for meowing too much! I'm afraid he will get mad at the baby for crying (he is not physically violent in any way). I'm not sure what to do or if there's anything I can do to make the situation better. I'm hoping he will just be OK with it as it'll be his own baby?

Has he looked into therapy for his hyperacusis? I only have experience with my DD but she doesn’t have tinnitus

That must be so horrible for him.

Could he speak to the gp or a hearing specialist about any method of coping when baby arrives. He can't be the first to be in that position

Noise cancelling headphone. I’m serious.

There’s two separate issues, the medical conditions he has but also the way he reacts.

People are quite often in pain or discomfort, and it’s very difficult, but he needs to learn to manage his symptoms in a way that doesn’t involve anger/aggressive behaviour.

It sounds like this is a good reason to get this sorted. There must be some sort of treatment/therapy/tools he could use that would make life more tolerable for him. He also may just need to do a better job of dealing wth things. We all find life frustrating and annoying sometimes, but being an adult means dealing with them without having a tantrum about it. It sounds like now is a good time to start practicing.

The good thing is though that actually babies are not loud. They cry, yes, but they are not nearly as loud and annoying as older children are. My 6 year old is way louder and more grating on the nerves than my now toddler has been, even as a baby.