Treatment of Misophonia: Comparison of Exposure and Sound Therapy

"At Week 0, the homework was to expose oneself to these sounds for 20 minutes a day, three days a week for three weeks.~At the Week 3 interview, the frequency and severity of the homework were adjusted based on the degree of improvement in the symptoms and the person's adherence to the instructions."

Participants were asked to listen to specifically modulated music for twenty minutes a day, three days a week, for the first three weeks. At the Week 3 assessment, if the patient reported no or little benefit in their misophonia symptoms, the instruction was modified (intensified) to listening to the same music for forty minutes a day, three days a week.

A psychoeducation session, prepared by the research team was delivered by the investigator to each patient at the study intake.