Auditory Processing and Neuroregulation in Misophonia: A Comparative Study of Behavioral Measures

Misophonia is a condition of intolerance to certain sounds which act as triggers.This study investigates auditory processing abilities using behavioral measures in normal-hearing individuals with and without misophonia.Thirty participants aged between 18 and 30 years were included.They were divided into two primary groups: 15 individuals diagnosed with misophonia and 15 controls.All of the participants underwent auditory processing tests such as masking level difference (MLD), dichotic consonant-vowel (DCV), and pitch pattern tests (PPT).From the analyzed data, individuals with misophonia showed significantly reduced scores in DCV and PPT.Also, there was no significant difference in the thresholds of MLD at 500 Hz.This study highlights that the reduced scores of DCV and PPT in individuals with misophonia could be attributed to poor auditory cortical processing compared to the control group.