Why does certain noise hurt my ears?

Question

Okay.. this is gonna sound really odd.... but when people crunch their food or make lip smacking sounds, it hurts my ears, and makes me go bazerk... but I try to tell them but they dont understand and just do it anyways. For instance my mother will be crunching patato chips and it'll my ears pick up that and focus on that, and it for some reason makes me angry... please help!!

Answer 1

It may not be the volume of the sound but the sound itself.  Some people cringe when the fork scrapes across the plate.  Others as you know freak out when the teachers squeaks the chalk on the chalk board or accidently scratches it.  Others don't like the sound of styrafoam rubbing together, and others hate rubbing wood popsicle sticks.

Or, your hearing may just be sharper or more sensitive.  Be glad of that, music would be more a pleasure if that was me.  

Answer 2

maybe you should go to your local doctor he/she will probably help

Answer 3

Sounds like your a Mannerfoab.

It's only the sloppy food manners that set you off.

Perhaps if you hear those sounds again, just start humming a song. Mary had a little lamb perhaps?

Answer 4

Actually, it is not add at all. As a matter of fact, it is quite common. It is called hyperacusis - a health condition characterized by an over-sensitivity to certain frequency ranges of sound.

The most common cause of hyperacusis is overexposure to excessively high decibel levels (or sound pressure levels). Some come down with hyperacusis suddenly by firing a gun, having an airbag deploy in their car, experiencing any extremely loud sound, taking ear sensitive drugs, Lyme disease, Meniere’s, TMJ – jaw disorder), head injury, or surgery. Others are born with sound sensitivity (Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome), have had a history of ear infections, or come from a family that has had hearing problems. The causes include, but are not limited to:

Migraine

Severe head trauma

Facial nerve dysfunction

Surgery

Ear irrigation

Tension Myositis Syndrome

TMJ (Temporomandibular (jaw) joint disorder)

Adverse drug reaction

Williams Syndrome

Autism

Bell's palsy

Ménière's disease

Asperger syndrome

Superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS)

Chronic ear infections

Minor Head Injury

Also there is some speculation that childhood vaccinations can play a role in developing oversensitivity to sounds.