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  2. Misophonia - Wikipedia

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    Misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome) is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli, or cues.These cues, known as "triggers", are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses not seen in most other people. [8]

  3. Health effects from noise - Wikipedia

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    Noise-induced threshold shifts are seen as a notch on an audiogram from 3000 to 6000 Hz, but most often at 4000 Hz. [16] Exposure to loud noises, either in a single traumatic experience or over time, can damage the auditory system and result in hearing loss and sometimes tinnitus as well. Traumatic noise exposure can happen at work (e.g., loud ...

  4. Listener fatigue - Wikipedia

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    When combining exercise with exposure to loud noises, humans have been observed to experience a long temporary threshold shift as well. [9] Physical activity also results in an increase in metabolic activity, which has already been increased as a result of the vibrations of loud sounds.

  5. Your fury over loud chewing noises may be a sign of a disorder

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  6. Startle response - Wikipedia

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    A reflex from hearing a sudden loud noise will happen in the primary acoustic startle reflex pathway consisting of three main central synapses, or signals that travel through the brain. First, there is a synapse from the auditory nerve fibers in the ear to the cochlear root neurons (CRN).

  7. Auditory fatigue - Wikipedia

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    The most significant recovery was found to occur during the first 15 minutes following cessation of the noise exposure. [13] [14] When sufficient recovery time is not allotted, the effects become permanent, resulting in acquired noise-induced hearing loss. [12] Up to 120 minutes of recovery time can be required of noises of only 95 dB. [12]

  8. Phone etiquette 101: When it’s rude to be on speaker — and ...

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    Think about when you’re trying to get someone’s opinion about an item you’re considering buying — send a few photos rather than taking a FaceTime call without headphones. Don’t use ...

  9. “Embarrassing As Hell”: 63 People Confess To The Most ...

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    Nothing else came of it, the priest continued droning on and everyone else continued being bored, but that moment of thunderous fart noise and the world standing still while everyone stared at ...