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Misophonia…have hope… By Dr. Richard Reikowski, Au.D Family Hearing and Balance Center

Misophonia is a term used to describe a reaction, most often negative, to sounds around a person. There are many ways in which people describe these sounds such as disturbance, irritating, hate, frustration, and many other offensive ways. Sounds such as sniffing, eating and chewing, or clearing the throat can cause such distress that  a person may find it necessary to leave the room where they are hearing these sounds. A person that has such sensitivity to many of these natural sounds may easily feel anger, bitterness, and dislike of being around that person making the noise.

I am quite interested in Misophonia and believe there are ways to help offer hope. We are currently pursuing various means to offer relief from these disturbing sounds. In other words, we plan to help reduce the negative affect that these sounds cause to once quality of life. We begin the process of helping with a meeting to thoroughly discuss a persons concerns, evaluate hearing and tolerance, and plan for…a better way… to handle these troublesome sounds and reactions.

Together “we do believe” there are ways to offer hope….


 

Written by:
Rich
Published on:
January 29, 2019
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9 Comments

Categories: Balance, Blog Categories Go Here, Community Outreach, Educational, Hearing, Hearing Aids, Miscellaneous, Misophonia, New Technology, Patient care, Philosophy, Slider, Testimonials, Tinnitus, UncategorizedTags: Akron Ohio, American Tinnitus Association, ASHA American Speech and Hearing Association, Audiologist, audiology, Dr. Richard S. Reikowski, ear doctor, family hearing and balance center.cardinal hearing centers, Hearing Aids, Hearing Aids Summa Care, hearing doctor, hearing loss, Hearing Sensitivity, Misophonia, Ohio Academy of Audiology, solutions for hearing loss, Tinnitus assessment and Tinnitus Treatment, Tolerance to sound and noise

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  1. Marie The Awesome

    January 29, 2019 at 12:55 pm

    Very nice.

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    • Richard Reikowski

      January 30, 2019 at 11:12 am

      Thanks Mary!

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  2. Jen

    January 30, 2019 at 9:26 am

    It also so interesting to know that Misophonia can also be triggered by sight as well as by sound! This is such an interesting subject and seems like there is so much to learn from patients who are experiencing Misophonia triggers.

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    • Richard Reikowski

      January 30, 2019 at 11:12 am

      Thank you Jen! So glad that you mentioned that. I am eager to learn as much as we can to help those with Misophonia!

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  3. Kelly

    January 30, 2019 at 11:53 am

    Having hope is so important! As always, we learn so much from our patients.

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    • Richard Reikowski

      January 31, 2019 at 12:12 pm

      It sure is Kelly. Hope is so important and learning from patients is a key! Thanks!

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  4. Gail Reagan

    January 31, 2019 at 9:08 am

    Those noises can certainly drive you crazy!! It’s good to know there may be help!

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    • Richard Reikowski

      January 31, 2019 at 12:10 pm

      Thanks Gail!

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  5. Dale Hansen

    February 5, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    hope…
    help…
    trust :))

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