misophonia

“The condition is called misophonia -- literally "hatred of sound" -- and occurs when a common noise, whether it's something like a person chewing loudly, water dripping or someone "ahem"-ing, causes you to become anxious or angry, more so than a typical response, TODAY reported.”

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“Everything I have turns into a boiling pot of rage, and then I have to talk myself down," Adah Siganoff, who suffers from misophonia, told TODAY.”

The Huffington Post: Misophonia: When Annoying Noises Send You Into A Rage

“Moller, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Dallas who specializes in the auditory nervous system, included misophonia in the Textbook of”

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“These people like sound, the louder the better," she said of misophonia patients.”

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“But sufferers of misophonia, a newly recognized condition that remains little studied and poorly understood, take the problem to a higher level.”

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“People with misophonia have an extreme reaction to certain sounds, often becoming enraged or anxious at the sound of chewing or someone clearing his throat, reports today's Science Times.”

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“I don't think 8- or 9-year-olds choose to wake up one morning and say, 'Today my dad's chewing is going to drive me insane,' " said Marsha Johnson, an audiologist in Portland, Ore., who runs an online forum for people with misophonia.”

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