Jennifer Jo Brout, PsyD
Director, International Misophonia Research Network
Founder, Misophonia and Emotion Regulation Program at Duke University
Connecticut State Counseling and New York State School Psychologist
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Jennifer Jo Brout is the Director of the International Misophonia Research Network. She is a New York State Certified School Psychologist, a Connecticut Professional Licensed Counselor, and holds a Doctorate in School/Clinical-Child Psychology. Disappointed by her own experiences with the state of the field when seeking help for her own child in 1999, Dr. Brout began efforts to establish better research practice, improved diagnosis, and innovative clinical practice related to auditory over-responsivity. Dr. Brout has been at the forefront of research in this area for over 18 years, having established the Sensation and Emotion Network (SENetwork) in 2007, along with Sensory Processing and Emotion Regulation Program at Duke University in 2008 (now the Misophonia and Emotion Regulation Program. She graduated from New York University, Columbia University, and Ferkauf School of Psychology (at Albert Einstein School of Medicine) respectively. She is also the mother of adult triplets, and is a Misophonia sufferer herself.
Notable Published Works
• A Brief Commentary on the Consensus Definition of Misophonia [July 2022]
• Investigating Misophonia: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Clinical Implications, and a Research Agenda [February 2018]
• Perceptions of various treatment approaches for adults and children with misophonia [November 2022]
• Sensory Over-Responsivity, Attachment, and Self-Regulation: Considerations of the Specific Impact of Auditory Stimuli [July 2018]o
• Sensory reactivity, empathizing and systemizing in autism spectrum conditions and sensory processing disorder [January 2018]
• DSM-5 Application for Sensory Processing Disorder Appendix A (part 1) [December 2015]