misophone

English

Etymology

miso- +‎ -phone

Noun

misophone (plural misophones)

1. A person who suffers from misophonia.
   • 2013, 18 July, Charles Bethea, The Chewing Sound and the Fury, New Republic

     One teen couldn’t stand the sound of her mother sighing and, after going on anti-depressants, attempted suicide three times. Psychologists have begun to call them misophones—people with an acute reaction to specific, usually low-volume sounds. But because the condition is still poorly understood, sufferers struggle to convince their families, friends, and employers that their problem isn’t just a heightened form of neuroticism.

See also

• phonophobe