UQ audiology student Ben Lamberton has strategies that help him manage his misophonia. Images: Ben Lamberton/World Misophonia Day website. University of Queensland Masters of Audiology student Ben Lamberton, who has lived experience with misophonia, relays his journey for the second World Misophonia Awareness Day (9 July 2026)....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable clinical change; this is a personal lived-experience narrative that may help audiologists build empathy and patient rapport around misophonia, but it provides no new clinical guidance.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
First-person accounts from clinicians-in-training with misophonia can reduce stigma and encourage more patient-centred conversations in audiology practice.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Author is a University of Queensland Masters of Audiology student with lived experience of misophonia.
- 02Misophonia involves intense emotional reactions (anger, distress) triggered by specific everyday sounds.
- 03Article focuses on personal coping strategies rather than evidence-based treatment protocols.
- 04Content raises awareness of misophonia as a condition audiologists may encounter in clinic.
- 05No clinical data, study results, or comparative outcomes are presented.