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Misophonia Student Research Grant Recipients

Sajana Aryal, MSc Audiology

Project: Auditory brainstem functioning in individuals with misophonia
Danielle Benesch

Project: Free, Open-Access Misophonia Sounds Database [FOAMS]
Vivien Black

Project: [Preprint] Exploring the Cognitive Dimensions of Misophonia: Affective Inflexibility and Rumination
Ariana Castro

Project: A Case Studies Exploration of the Role of Sound Source, Appraisals, and Emotions in Misophonia
Diya Dinesh

Project: Audiological test findings in Individuals with misophonia, misokinesia, and co-occurring misophonia and misokinesia
Annie Feeley

Project: Audiological Assessment of Misophonia
Mabel Forward

Project: Human-Centred Design Approaches to Misophonia
Heather Hansen, PhD

Project: Free, Open-Access Misophonia Sounds Database [FOAMS]
Kamalakannan K

Project: Investigation of Auditory Cortical Functioning and Auditory Processing Abilities in Individuals with Misophonia
Gibbeum Kim

Project: Distinguishing Misophonia from Hypearcusis using Auditory Brainstem Response
Freya Noonan

Project: Human-Centred Design Approaches to Misophonia
Urszula Oszczapinska

Project: Misophonia and Pupillometry
Nico Remmert

Project: Misophonic Behavioral Avoidance Test (M-BAT)
Marie-Anick Savard

Project: Validation and Extension of the Free Open-Access Misophonia Stimuli [FOAMS] database.
Mercedes Woolley

Project: Psychological processes and sound tolerance symptoms in adults with misophonia and non-treatment seeking controls.

Studies funded by soQuiet Misophonia Research Grants

Psychosocial and Audiological Characteristics in Misophonia: An Interdisciplinary Comparison Study of Adults with Misophonia to Healthy Controls. [2025]

by Mercedes G. Woolley, Hailey E. Johnson, Emily M. Bowers, Doris Velasquez, Julie M. Petersen1, Karen Muñoz, Michael P. Twohig

Curation of FOAMS: a Free Open-Access Misophonia Stimuli Database [2023]

by Dean M. Orloff, Danielle Benesch, and Heather A. Hansen [Journal of Open Psychiatry Data]

Auditory Cortical Functioning in Individuals with Misophonia: An Electrophysiological Investigation [2023].

by Sajana Aryal and Prashanth Prabhu
[European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology]

Assessment of Auditory Processing Abilities in Individuals with Misophonia Having Normal Hearing Sensitivity [2024]

by Kamalakannan Karupaiah, Prashanth Prabhu

Auditory Efferent Pathway Functioning in Individuals with Misophonia [2024].

by Sajana Aryal and Prashanth Prabhu
[Auditory and Vestibular Research]

Auditory brainstem functioning in individuals with misophonia [2023]

by Sajana Aryal and Prashanth Prabhu [Journal of Otology]

THE NOVEL CONDITION: Using Human-Centred Methods to Explore Misophonia [2023]

by Freya Noonan and Mabel Forward. Master’s thesis.

This project is made possible by a generous donation from the Kent Family, the Brown Family, the Smith Family, Innovations PSI, and many private donors.

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