Study of Auditory Perception After Progressive Exposure to Aversive Sounds in People With Misophonia (NCT06921187) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Study of Auditory Perception After Progressive Exposure to Aversive Sounds in People With Misophonia
France110 participantsStarted 2025-06
Plain-language summary
The primary objective of the project is to characterise and measure the auditory perception of subjects with misophonia compared with the auditory perception of control subjects.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
For all participants
* Obtain oral consent from the participant after receiving information about the study,
* Be 18 years or older on the day of inclusion,
* Be fluent in French (spoken and written),
* Have no known hearing loss, verified by pure tone audiometry.
* Declare that they do not have tinnitus,
* Declare that they do not have hyperacusis, verified by measuring discomfort thresholds.
* Be affiliated to the social security or equivalent scheme.
For participants with misophonia:
\- Declare discomfort, reduced tolerance to specific sounds (mouth noises, throat clearing, breathing, etc.).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Bear the after-effects of an ear infection and/or have a history of an ENT disease that permanently affects hearing or balance (vestibular schwannoma, Ménière's disease, sudden or fluctuating deafness, congenital hypoacusis),
* Be under guardianship,
* deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, or subject to legal protection.
What they're measuring
1
score on a visual analogue scale from 0 (pleasant sound) to 10 (unpleasant sound)
Timeframe: 1 week after enrollment
2
score on a visual analogue scale from 0 (very low intensity) to 10 (extremely intense)