Comparison of Temporal Processing Abilities of Normal Hearing Individuals with and without Misophonia

Abstract

The study focused on comparing the temporal processing abilities of normalhearing individuals with and without misophonia. Temporal processing skills in misophonia individuals were assessed using a battery of tests including gap detection, duration discrimination, temporal modulation transfer function, and frequency pattern tests. 60 individuals with normal hearing were taken into consideration for this investigation and divided into two groups with and without misophonia (30 each). Misophonia Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ) was used to assess the misophonia severity. The temporal tests (Gap detection, duration discrimination, temporal modulation transfer function, and frequency pattern tests) were carried out on Matlab platform using psychoacoustic toolbox. The results depicted no statistically significant differences between the individuals with and without misophonia on all the temporal processing tests. Also, there was no statistically significant correlation between the severity of misophonia and performance in each test. The finding from the study showed that misophonia does not appear to have a significant impact on temporal processing abilities in individuals with normal hearing. Further research may be necessary to explore the relationship between misophonia and other auditory or cognitive processes.