How common is selective sound sensitivity?

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How common is selective sound sensitivity?

Is it one person in 100?

1 person in 250?

1 person in 500?

1 person in 750?

1 person in 1,000?

Other

I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of persons

about how common it really is.

One answer I received was from a dental office I have been going to

for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the

background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.

The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who asked

that the music be turned off. There were many customers who asked

that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were

customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a different

type of music.

So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1 in 400

persons or more/whatever.

I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation (selective

sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800

customers/whatever.

So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not that

common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per 1,000.

But that's kind of a guess at best.

What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?

Comments?

[Guest guest]

I have to wonder how common many easily recognised conditions were

before they became known? How many diseases or human conditions were in

fact, uncommon, until they were identified, named and dealt with by

education and medical solutions?

How many ADHD children were diagnosed thirty years ago? Some people say

this is a modern phenomena, yet the same behaviour existed then and now.

Our knowledge and understanding has grown which has made it easier to

find solutions and treatments for such children. The number of children

affected probably hasnt necessarily grown in number, only our ability to

recognise it has.

I think its quite possible the latent SSSS probably lies in most people.

If you talk to folk about the symptoms of SSSS a great majority would

agree that certain sounds irritate them also. Its the degree of

irritation that makes it a problem for us, our inability to cope with

these sound intrusions and our emotional response.

I have a sense the number of SSSS sufferers is greater than we might

think. Some of us may have managed to remain in that dentist chair.

seethed through the appointment and not commented on the musical choice.

(Gods, my last appointment... she was actually chewing gum!! It was

horrific, but i managed to get through without saying anything at all).

How many of us have ever discussed this with our doctor?

I would be more likely to speak to him about it now that I have some

evidence that this is an actual physical/emotional condition, that I am

not unique in my suffering - Knowledge, this group has helped quell the

mist of ignorance and given us all a voice to go forth in our worlds and

increase the awareness with our families, medical practioners, work

environments, etc.

My guess?

3 or 4 in every hundred... & more on their way.

Peace & blessings

Alix

>

> How common is selective sound sensitivity?

>

> Is it one person in 100?

>

> 1 person in 250?

>

> 1 person in 500?

>

> 1 person in 750?

>

> 1 person in 1,000?

>

> Other

>

> I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of persons

> about how common it really is.

>

> One answer I received was from a dental office I have been going to

> for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the

> background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.

>

> The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who asked

> that the music be turned off. There were many customers who asked

> that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were

> customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a different

> type of music.

>

> So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1 in 400

> persons or more/whatever.

>

> I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation (selective

> sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800

> customers/whatever.

>

> So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not that

> common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per 1,000.

>

> But that's kind of a guess at best.

>

> What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?

>

> Comments?

>

[Guest guest]

I've got 4S but I don't mind the mellow music in the dentist's

office, in fact sometimes I quite enjoy it. Rap music thudding from

the office below mine is a whole different matter...

Triggers vary from person to person, so I don't think you can select

a number based on responses to only one particular sound.

>

> How common is selective sound sensitivity?

>

> Is it one person in 100?

>

> 1 person in 250?

>

> 1 person in 500?

>

> 1 person in 750?

>

> 1 person in 1,000?

>

> Other

>

> I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of

persons

> about how common it really is.

>

> One answer I received was from a dental office I have been going to

> for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the

> background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.

>

> The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who asked

> that the music be turned off. There were many customers who asked

> that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were

> customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a

different

> type of music.

>

> So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1 in

400

> persons or more/whatever.

>

> I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation (selective

> sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800

> customers/whatever.

>

> So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not that

> common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per

1,000.

>

> But that's kind of a guess at best.

>

> What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?

>

> Comments?

>

[Guest guest]

I think it is more common than anyone knows. I'm always finding someone who suffers from it to one degree or another. Many got it when they were teenagers and it doesn't seem as severe...they deal with it. But I think that once an article is published on it, we will see way more people on this sight. I think that many people are just sitting out there thinking they are the only ones. It's sad. We need to make it public somehow.

Kathy Howe

-----Original Message-----From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ]On Behalf Of knicknack_caSent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:12 AMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Re: How common is selective sound sensitivity?

I have to wonder how common many easily recognised conditions werebefore they became known? How many diseases or human conditions were infact, uncommon, until they were identified, named and dealt with byeducation and medical solutions?How many ADHD children were diagnosed thirty years ago? Some people saythis is a modern phenomena, yet the same behaviour existed then and now.Our knowledge and understanding has grown which has made it easier tofind solutions and treatments for such children. The number of childrenaffected probably hasnt necessarily grown in number, only our ability torecognise it has.I think its quite possible the latent SSSS probably lies in most people.If you talk to folk about the symptoms of SSSS a great majority wouldagree that certain sounds irritate them also. Its the degree ofirritation that makes it a problem for us, our inability to cope withthese sound intrusions and our emotional response.I have a sense the number of SSSS sufferers is greater than we mightthink. Some of us may have managed to remain in that dentist chair.seethed through the appointment and not commented on the musical choice.(Gods, my last appointment... she was actually chewing gum!! It washorrific, but i managed to get through without saying anything at all). How many of us have ever discussed this with our doctor?I would be more likely to speak to him about it now that I have someevidence that this is an actual physical/emotional condition, that I amnot unique in my suffering - Knowledge, this group has helped quell themist of ignorance and given us all a voice to go forth in our worlds andincrease the awareness with our families, medical practioners, workenvironments, etc.My guess?3 or 4 in every hundred... & more on their way.Peace & blessingsAlix>> How common is selective sound sensitivity?>> Is it one person in 100?>> 1 person in 250?>> 1 person in 500?>> 1 person in 750?>> 1 person in 1,000?>> Other>> I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of persons> about how common it really is.>> One answer I received was from a dental office I have been going to> for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the> background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.>> The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who asked> that the music be turned off. There were many customers who asked> that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were> customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a different> type of music.>> So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1 in 400> persons or more/whatever.>> I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation (selective> sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800> customers/whatever.>> So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not that> common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per 1,000.>> But that's kind of a guess at best.>> What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?>> Comments?>

[Guest guest]

I'd like to know why gum chewing/mouth noises are the number one

irritant. That's the real question I have.

> >

> > How common is selective sound sensitivity?

> >

> > Is it one person in 100?

> >

> > 1 person in 250?

> >

> > 1 person in 500?

> >

> > 1 person in 750?

> >

> > 1 person in 1,000?

> >

> > Other

> >

> > I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of

persons

> > about how common it really is.

> >

> > One answer I received was from a dental office I have been

going to

> > for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the

> > background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.

> >

> > The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who

asked

> > that the music be turned off. There were many customers who

asked

> > that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were

> > customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a

different

> > type of music.

> >

> > So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1

in 400

> > persons or more/whatever.

> >

> > I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation

(selective

> > sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800

> > customers/whatever.

> >

> > So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not

that

> > common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per

1,000.

> >

> > But that's kind of a guess at best.

> >

> > What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?

> >

> > Comments?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Simple, because there is not end in sight. It makes the anxiety the

worst when you feel stuck in the situation. Just like cornering an

animal.

> > >

> > > How common is selective sound sensitivity?

> > >

> > > Is it one person in 100?

> > >

> > > 1 person in 250?

> > >

> > > 1 person in 500?

> > >

> > > 1 person in 750?

> > >

> > > 1 person in 1,000?

> > >

> > > Other

> > >

> > > I have selective sound sensitivity and have asked a number of

> persons

> > > about how common it really is.

> > >

> > > One answer I received was from a dental office I have been

> going to

> > > for a number of years. The dental hygenist knows I ask that the

> > > background music be turned off 100% in the dental room.

> > >

> > > The dental hygenist said I was the only customer they had who

> asked

> > > that the music be turned off. There were many customers who

> asked

> > > that the music would be turned up much louder. There also were

> > > customers who asked that the music channel be changed to a

> different

> > > type of music.

> > >

> > > So this hints that my selective sound sensitivity is perhaps 1

> in 400

> > > persons or more/whatever.

> > >

> > > I also learned from my doctor, a M.D., that my situation

> (selective

> > > sound sensitivity) occurred in perhaps 1 out of 800

> > > customers/whatever.

> > >

> > > So my guess would be that selective sound sensitivity is not

> that

> > > common at all, that it only affects perhaps 1 or 2 persons per

> 1,000.

> > >

> > > But that's kind of a guess at best.

> > >

> > > What is your estimate for selective sound sensitivity?

> > >

> > > Comments?

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

But that could be said for any number of other irritants as well. I feel that way when a "sniffer" or a "harumpher" starts honking or sniffing. Like there's no end in sight, and I want to swat them upside the head. I don't, but I want to. ;-)

I'm curious, too, to know why gum chewing/mouth noises seem to be #1. Gum chewing doesn't affect me like it does many of you here, but other types of mouth or throat noises can get me going. Grosses me out more than anything. And belching? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEyuck!

~K

-- Re: How common is selective sound sensitivity?

Simple, because there is not end in sight. It makes the anxiety theworst when you feel stuck in the situation. Just like cornering ananimal.>> I'd like to know why gum chewing/mouth noises are the number one > irritant. That's the real question I have.> > >

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I

read this post at lunch, and I have been thinking about it all day.

Here

is my two cents.

Most

of us noticed the mouth noises when we were growing up...around our parents or

siblings. They were the first sounds that actually caused RAGE! The anxiety

mixed with rage is difficult for us to understand at that age, so it makes us

uncomfortable. I don't think we ever really forget that. I think those

initial triggers were so filled with emotion that each time we hear those same

sounds as an adult, there is a little part of us that relives the anger and

resentment we felt toward our mother or father smacking at the dinner table. It

brings back that whole feeling of helplessness...there was literally nothing

you could do about it. You couldn’t leave the table. You couldn’t

control how your dad ate. I think many of us share that experience.

And,

if you are like me, the response you received when you asked your family member

to stop ‘chewing like that’ was not at all positive. I don't think

we ever really forget that because it is one of those traumatic childhood

experiences that you cant change...no matter what.

So,

for me being trapped in an office with the gum clicking girl is like reliving

it over and over again...only this time it’s worse because I am an otherwise

calm, rational adult...yet I still have this same helpless feeling I had when I

was a child. I should know better.

I

think it is similar to the kid who fell into a pool when he was growing up, so

now he hates pools. He spends a great deal of time avoiding pools, but when he

is in a situation where he cannot avoid them, a party or something, those same

feelings come back again.

Unfortunately,

we cannot avoid people eating like he can avoid pools...lol..

I

also think mouth noises are the most common because they are the most difficult

to resolve. I am annoyed by ticking clocks...extremely annoyed...but, when I

hear someone clicking gum, outrage is really the only way to describe it. You

cant really get that angry with an inanimate object. It’s a clock. It

ticks. There’s nothing anyone can do about that.

If

someone has a clock on their desk and it is ticking, they would ‘understand’

if I told them that bothered me. There wouldn’t really be much of a

discussion there.

But

with gum or food...it’s different. There is a confrontation. You have to

correct someone. You have to tell them THEY are doing something wrong.

People

don't like to be corrected...and the certainly don't want to be corrected by

YOU.

Plus,

asking them to stop making that sound means that I have to share a very

vulnerable part of myself with a stranger...who almost certainly will not

understand. Then, I have to suffer through whatever negative response follows.

It’s

humiliating. I don't understand why it bothers me. I cant explain it...it just

does. I think I’m crazy sometimes, so I can only assume that the person I

am talking to is going to think I’m nuts.

Shon

K!

From:

Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On

Behalf Of *~*Snowy*~*

Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:29 PM

To: Soundsensitivity

Subject: Re: Re: How common is selective sound

sensitivity?

But that could be said

for any number of other irritants as well. I feel that way

when a " sniffer " or a " harumpher " starts honking or

sniffing. Like there's no end in sight, and I want to swat them upside

the head. I don't, but I want to. ;-)

I'm curious, too, to know

why gum chewing/mouth noises seem to be #1. Gum chewing doesn't affect

me like it does many of you here, but other types of mouth or

throat noises can get me going. Grosses me out more than

anything. And belching? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEyuck!

~K

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From: eaglewwit

Date: 12/5/2006 4:18:23 PM

To: Soundsensitivity

Subject: Re: How common is selective

sound sensitivity?

Simple, because there is not end in sight.

It makes the anxiety the

worst when you feel stuck in the situation. Just like cornering an

animal.

>

> I'd like to know why gum chewing/mouth noises are the number one

> irritant. That's the real question I have.

>

>

>

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Designs Members only~

[Guest guest]

Hey Shon!

You are not nuts. You may like nuts, but you are not crazy.

I enjoyed reading your ideas. Ideas spring from the imagination, and

in those ideas lie tiny kernals of truth! And possibility to explore

freely this very situation and come up with theories as to why this

or how come that....

I think 4 S is pretty rare to most folks. To me, it a concentrated

rush of contacts, all asking for relief, information, validation,

conversation, reassurance, and more......

I bet there are at least 50,000 in the USA alone. And that is a tiny

number, yes, but you are scattered all over like grains of salt

dashed onto a big pile of french fries! You just are too tiny to see

each other, except for this place.

I am finding the clinic practice picking up like crazy this year with

4S. Word of mouth? Spread of internet? More folks searching? I

dunno.

But it is such a interesting condition and I find it alarming how

similar the stories of medical neglect or familial humiliation

are...easy to misdiagnose.

Remember when they chained up schizophrenics to stone walls?

Then they discovered it was a simple brain chemistry mis-equation.

When most of them take their meds, their symptoms disappear, well not

perfectly but pretty darn close.

Ok.

More later.

Marsha , MS

[Guest guest]

There HAS TO be a connection with the father mother thing, mine was my

father eating and breathing and snoring...when he grabbed for an apple---oh

my GOD, run for your life!!

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>Reply-To: Soundsensitivity

>To: <Soundsensitivity >

>Subject: RE: Re: How common is selective sound

>sensitivity?

>Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:56:53 -0500

>

>I read this post at lunch, and I have been thinking about it all day.

>

>Here is my two cents.

>

>

>

>Most of us noticed the mouth noises when we were growing up...around our

>parents or siblings. They were the first sounds that actually caused RAGE!

>The anxiety mixed with rage is difficult for us to understand at that age,

>so it makes us uncomfortable. I don't think we ever really forget that. I

>think those initial triggers were so filled with emotion that each time we

>hear those same sounds as an adult, there is a little part of us that

>relives the anger and resentment we felt toward our mother or father

>smacking at the dinner table. It brings back that whole feeling of

>helplessness...there was literally nothing you could do about it. You

>couldn't leave the table. You couldn't control how your dad ate. I think

>many of us share that experience.

>

>And, if you are like me, the response you received when you asked your

>family member to stop 'chewing like that' was not at all positive. I don't

>think we ever really forget that because it is one of those traumatic

>childhood experiences that you cant change...no matter what.

>

>

>

>So, for me being trapped in an office with the gum clicking girl is like

>reliving it over and over again...only this time it's worse because I am an

>otherwise calm, rational adult...yet I still have this same helpless

>feeling

>I had when I was a child. I should know better.

>

>I think it is similar to the kid who fell into a pool when he was growing

>up, so now he hates pools. He spends a great deal of time avoiding pools,

>but when he is in a situation where he cannot avoid them, a party or

>something, those same feelings come back again.

>

>Unfortunately, we cannot avoid people eating like he can avoid

>pools...lol..

>

>

>

>

>I also think mouth noises are the most common because they are the most

>difficult to resolve. I am annoyed by ticking clocks...extremely

>annoyed...but, when I hear someone clicking gum, outrage is really the only

>way to describe it. You cant really get that angry with an inanimate

>object.

>It's a clock. It ticks. There's nothing anyone can do about that.

>

>If someone has a clock on their desk and it is ticking, they would

>'understand' if I told them that bothered me. There wouldn't really be much

>of a discussion there.

>

>But with gum or food...it's different. There is a confrontation. You have

>to

>correct someone. You have to tell them THEY are doing something wrong.

>

>People don't like to be corrected...and the certainly don't want to be

>corrected by YOU.

>

>

>

>Plus, asking them to stop making that sound means that I have to share a

>very vulnerable part of myself with a stranger...who almost certainly will

>not understand. Then, I have to suffer through whatever negative response

>follows.

>

>It's humiliating. I don't understand why it bothers me. I cant explain

>it...it just does. I think I'm crazy sometimes, so I can only assume that

>the person I am talking to is going to think I'm nuts.

>

>

>

>Shon K!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>From: Soundsensitivity

>[mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of *~*Snowy*~*

>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:29 PM

>To: Soundsensitivity

>Subject: Re: Re: How common is selective sound

>sensitivity?

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>But that could be said for any number of other irritants as well. I feel

>that way when a " sniffer " or a " harumpher " starts honking or sniffing.

>Like

>there's no end in sight, and I want to swat them upside the head. I don't,

>but I want to. ;-)

>

>

>

>I'm curious, too, to know why gum chewing/mouth noises seem to be #1. Gum

>chewing doesn't affect me like it does many of you here, but other types of

>mouth or throat noises can get me going. Grosses me out more than

>anything.

>And belching? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEyuck!

>

>

>

>~K

>

>

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>Simple, because there is not end in sight. It makes the anxiety the

>worst when you feel stuck in the situation. Just like cornering an

>animal.

>

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> > I'd like to know why gum chewing/mouth noises are the number one

> > irritant. That's the real question I have.

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