Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The sounds of loud chewing, sniffing, slurping and even breathing is intolerable to nearly one in five ...

People with misophonia can expertise “intense anger, anxiety or disgust” as a reaction to stimuli, Cleveland Clinic explains.

While most people can relate to feeling uncomfortable when someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, those suffering from misophonia can have an equally intense reaction to sounds like slurping, ...

July 9 is World Misophonia Awareness Day. Spreading awareness can help people with misophonia realize that they are not alone ...

If you’ve ever had a visceral reaction to certain sounds such as sniffing, coughing or slurping, you might have misophonia — but you’re far from being the only one. A new study published in the ...

Most people have cherished memories of their grandparents reading to them as children. Ekaterina Pesheva's memories are quite different. "I remember distinctly being very irritated and very angry ...

As a parent, you may have noticed something “off” about your child’s responsivity to sounds. Perhaps he or she has outbursts at the dinner table, or in the car, or runs away from repetitive keyboard ...

Researchers for the first time have identified the parts of the brain involved in a less-commonly studied trigger of misophonia, a condition associated with an extreme aversion to certain sounds. The ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. If there are certain sounds that ...

I sometimes quiver at the crunch of a potato chip and convulse at a slurp of ramen—and please don’t get me started on my dad savoring his blueberry pie with excruciatingly slow bites. What some may ...

As an audiologist, I've worked with patients struggling with hearing loss, sound sensitivity, and tinnitus. Patients sometimes ask about bothersome sounds. You may have heard of sound sensitivity and ...

When someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, many of us might feel uncomfortable. For those with the condition misophonia, other kinds of sounds – like slurping, snoring, breathing, and chewing ...