It typically starts with a close family member triggering these reactions. Misophonia usually begins in childhood or early adolescence. “These noises have the potential to annoy most people, but those with misophonia experience a seemingly instantaneous, uncontrollable and overwhelming reaction.” However, there continues to be ongoing debate about whether misophonia is a physiological state, symptom or disorder. From within a department of psychiatry, Shroder et al proposed some diagnostic criteria, suggesting that misophonia should be considered a discrete psychiatric disorder. This has moved from audiological into psychological spheres. There has been more recognition of this as a difficulty in the last few years and interest is now growing in what was an under-researched area.
‘Misophonia’ is not an official diagnostic term, but it is now widely used to describe these difficulties. It has also been referred to as ‘selective sound sensitivity syndrome’, ‘4S’, and ‘selective sound intolerance’. These noises have the potential to annoy or cause discomfort in most people, but those with misophonia experience a seemingly instantaneous, uncontrollable and overwhelming reaction.įrom the field of otolaryngology, miso (hatred) phonia (sound) was given its name by Jastreboff and Jastreboff in 2002. Some non-human noises such as clocks ticking and dogs barking are also reported. Typically it is in response to sounds made by another human, such as eating, coughing, sniffing, heavy breathing and other repetitive noises. Emotional and physiological reactions occur in response to the sounds typically anger, disgust and activation of the ‘fight or flight’ response (increased heart rate, rapid breathing, becoming tense and hot etc). Misophonia is an excessive reaction to specific sounds. There is little research in this area and, as Lucy Partridge explains, more is greatly needed in order to identify interventions which may help support these teenagers. Misophonia can be a distressing condition for teenagers and can have devastating effects upon their home and school lives.
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