Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
International Journal of Audiology
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
2-27-2025
Journal Article Version
Accepted Manuscript
First Page
1
Last Page
23
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Abstract
Objective: To identify treatment research that used a behavioral approach to treat misophonia as the primary focus of treatment, and the audiological testing included in the research.
Design: Scoping literature review completed in February 2023 and updated in March 2024.
Study Sample: Included studies provided a behavioral or audiological intervention for misophonia, were peer-reviewed, and published in English before February 29, 2024. Studies were excluded if a pharmacological treatment was provided, if misophonia was not the primary treatment target, or if assessment of misophonia severity was not a treatment outcome.
Results: Fifteen articles met the inclusion criteria. Six studies had pediatric participants and nine had adult participants. Three studies included identification of audiological comorbidities including hearing ability, hyperacusis, and/or tinnitus in their assessment process. Nine of the studies included assessment for psychological comorbidities. For the different psychological treatment approaches, misophonia severity scores decreased from baseline from 19 to 83%.
Conclusions: There is a need for misophonia research to identify audiological comorbidities and to provide evidence-based guidance for addressing them within treatment. Symptoms often appear during childhood and individuals with misophonia would benefit from timely assessment and interdisciplinary coordination to address broader patient impacts in the treatment process.
Recommended Citation
Karen Muñoz, Doris Velasquez, Makara Humes, Diana Ortiz & Michael P. Twohig (2025) Assessment of auditory conditions in misophonia treatment research: a scoping review, International Journal of Audiology, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2467768
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of Audiology. Karen Muñoz, Doris Velasquez, Makara Humes, Diana Ortiz & Michael P. Twohig (2025) Assessment of auditory conditions in misophonia treatment research: a scoping review, International Journal of Audiology, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2467768. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.