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things relevant to making a standardized sound set for Misophonia research

• Trumbull et al., 2024 discusses what they deemed to be needed for creating a standardized sound set for Misophonia research. The author emphasizes that perceived similarity between test stimuli and a person’s own triggers is crucial when developing stimulus sets. One option is to use individualized, non-standardized sets to ensure personal relevance, though this risks introducing confounds because each participant’s stimuli differ acoustically. An alternative is to use standardized sounds and have participants rate how similar each is to their own triggers.
  • The author also notes that standardized stimuli should reliably elicit behaviors characteristic of misophonia, such as avoidance. Although avoidance is frequently reported in misophonia, little work has examined how likely individuals say they would be to avoid specific sounds.