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familial history of sound sensitivity in Misophonics

Molthrop et al. (2026) surveyed 22 US caregivers of individuals with misophonia and found that nearly half reported their child had at least one relative with similar sound sensitivity issues, with fathers, mothers, and siblings most commonly identified as the affected relative. From this the authors suggest that the high rate of familial sound sensitivity may indicate an environmental or biological component of familial transmission, though they note that more rigorous methodologies are needed to investigate this possibility (Molthrop et al., 2026).