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The sound environment has changed since the Industrial Revolution.

Our systems were not meant to absorb the amount of sound and other sensory stimuli around us.

As a result people with misophonia live in continual sound overload and experience auditory fatigue.

If you think of sounds as calories, those with misophonia are consuming way too much.

I have been writing this blog since 2018, reporting on misophonia research and helping others with the disorder. As the research develops, there are always new topics to write about. Yet I also strive to find new ways to examine and contextualize this still-mysterious condition.

Recently, I read a post by audiologist Michael Piskosz that piqued my interest. Piskosz works with people who have hearing loss, and I was intrigued by his different viewpoint. His post is about “auditory fatigue,” a construct subsumed by the larger concept of auditory health. According to Piskosz, “Auditory fatigue is what happens when our ears and brains get tired of processing sound. It’s not hearing loss (though that can come later in life). It’s not tinnitus (though the two can be related). It’s more like a sensory overload; the result of being constantly exposed to sound without enough breaks, silence, or recovery and reset time.”

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