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evaluating Misophonia symptoms via clustering by presentations

In a 2022 study, Norris attempted to characterize misophonia symptom presentation using cluster-based phenotyping by administering a comprehensive self-report survey indexing misophonia, tinnitus, sensory hypersensitivity, and psychiatric symptoms to 343 undergraduate students. Three distinct clusters emerged, describing misophonia as a spectrum of symptom severity and co-occurring conditions. The authors suggest that clustering by symptom presentation offers a more nuanced method of characterizing and understanding misophonia, emphasizing its spectrum nature. (Norris et al., 2022)