Imagine sitting in a classroom, and suddenly, someone walks up to the chalkboard and drags their nails across it. Can you feel the surge of irritation in your body? Perhaps your face twisting into a ...

Nails on a chalkboard. Loud breathing. Sneezing. These sounds can often be irritating and leave ears ringing with discomfort.

Hearing involves more than just the ears—it's intimately connected to how we think and feel. A recent study has shed light on the possible links between hearing, emotion, and cognition by ...

Previous studies investigating misophonia have shown connections between the auditory cortex and orofacial motor control areas in the brain in people with sound aversion. In a new study, scientists ...

Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

Back in 1949, someone designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month. As such, I’m going to spend the next four weeks discussing different issues that fall into this category. First up, misophonia — ...

The click of a pen, the chew of someone’s gum or the ticking of a clock. For most people, these are background noises, for others — they’re unbearable. That’s life with misophonia, a condition where ...

Columbia, Missouri, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Misophonia International, an organization dedicated to empowering sufferers and families affected by the disorder misophonia, announces the launch ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research suggests that individuals with misophonia experience sensory sensitivities that extend beyond just sound. The findings suggest that this ...

Helen E Nuttall receives funding from UKRI, the Vivensa Foundation, North West Cancer Research, and Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Hearing involves more than just the ears – it’s intimately connected to ...