Hearing hypersensitivity syndrome ‘Misophonia’, exceptionally sensitive to noise in daily life
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Besides chewing, chewing gum, chewing noodles, and pulling out shoes, etc. Why are only these sounds so annoying and bothersome? [사진=게티이미지뱅크]There are people who especially do not like to hear the ‘chop-jeop’ sound that someone makes when eating food. No matter how much you like someone, if you make a loud ‘chuck’ sound while eating together, you’ll get annoyed and lose your appetite.
Besides chewing, chewing gum, chewing noodles, and pulling out shoes, etc. Why are only these sounds so annoying and bothersome?
According to the British daily newspaper The Sun, misophonia may be the cause if certain noises are felt as pain rather than just dislike. Originally, this symptom was not even named until 2001 and was not clearly studied due to low awareness. Whether it is a genetic reason or a neurological problem in the brain has not been clarified, so research is ongoing.
According to the reported statistics, only about 1 in 7 people, or about 14%, said they had heard of the disease. However, about 18% of adults in the UK, or 10 million people, experience symptoms.
Researchers from the University of Oxford and King’s College London studied 772 British adults. They were asked to rate their feelings after daily exposure to different life noises.
As a result of the study, 142 patients (approximately 18.4%) experienced symptoms of misophonia and reached the critical threshold. The noise that caused the most negative emotions to the subjects was the sound of eating food while ‘chewing’.
In addition to the sound of chewing food, there are various noises that cause misophonia. It includes various noises that occur in everyday life, such as slurping drinks, snoring, exhaling loudly, and chewing gum.
“Patients feel trapped or experience helplessness when they can’t escape the sound,” said Dr. Jane Gregory, a psychologist at the University of Oxford.
Misophonia is also called Selective Noise Hypersensitivity Syndrome or Hearing Hypersensitivity Syndrome in Korean. It’s not just that I don’t like to hear the sound, but the biggest feature is that I feel strong negative emotions, anger, and anxiety in everyday noise that normal people don’t react to. Mild symptoms include anxiety, irritability, nausea, and a feeling of wanting to escape, but in severe cases, anger, panic, depression, and even suicidal thoughts can be experienced.
The study was published in the academic journal ‘Plos One’ under the title ‘Misophonia in the UK: Prevalence and norms from the S-Five in a UK representative sample’.
2023-08-18 05:44:10
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