The autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) produces tingling sensations induced by sounds and accompanied positive emotions, whereas in misophonia, everyday provoke maladaptive behaviors negative emotions. People with autism spectrum disorders sometimes suffer hyperacusis. However, it is unknown whether the three types of auditory-related reactions are interdependent. We investigated ASMR,...

Mizofoni, diğer insanların oluşturduğu günlük seslere ve bazen hayvan seslerine orantısız şekilde duygusal tepki vermek olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Kişilerin mesleki sosyal işlevselliklerini bozabilecek kadar şiddetli olabilir. Hastalığın risk faktörleri etiyolojisi tam bilinmemektedir. Bazı nörogelişimsel hastalıklar psikiyatrik bozukluklarla birlikte görülebilmektedir. Amsterdam Mizofoni Ölçeği ...

MISOPHONIA: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE LESSER-KNOWN DECREASED SOUND TOLERANCE CONDITION By: Shannon E. Cusack, B.A. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017 Major Director: Scott R. Vrana, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology and Psychiatry

INTRODUCTION Misophonia is a recently described, poorly understood and neglected condition. It is characterized by strong negative reactions of hatred, anger or fear when subjects have to face some selective and low level repetitive sounds. The most common ones that trigger such aversive reactions are those elicited by the mouth (chewing gum or food, popping lips) or the nose (breathing, sniffi...

This report is an attempt to bring to your attention some important information related to decreased sound tolerance and it is based on a short paper (Jastreboff, MM and Jastreboff PJ, Hyperacusis, Audiology Online, June 2001, http://www.audiologyonline.com). In particular, as we recently proposed a new term “misophonia” and we would like to provide some explanation and justification for it (Ja...