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benefits of instructor -student communication in regards to Misophonia accommodations

In a 2019 study, Porcaro et al. surveyed undergraduate instructors across six Florida state universities on their knowledge of and willingness to accommodate misophonia. They found that overall awareness of misophonia was low, disclosure of misophonia by students to instructors was rare, and instructors with greater knowledge or disclosure experience held more favorable attitudes and greater willingness to accommodate. From this they concluded that increased knowledge and communication between instructors and students regarding misophonia would be beneficial, and that misophonia can be understood as a disability within a bio-psychosocial framework requiring individualized accommodation (Porcaro et al., 2019).