
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)
Freakonomics Radio
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The Osterboffs' Method for Treating Mesophonia
The ostrobovs found there were a range of specific sounds that upset different patients. One of the most common misophonia triggers is the sound of chewing. The feeling you had when your grandfather's dentures fell out on to the table could become subconsciously associated with any one chewig, and it could subsequently generate an automatic physiological reaction. To treat patients with mesophonia, the osterboffs have drawn on a method used to treat people with tenitus - which is also pronounced tenidus.
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