The 7th International Conference on Hyperacusis and Misophonia

Program

Provisional program

Sunday, 15 September 2024, World Hearing Center, Kajetany
08:30 – 10:00Workshop 1
Demonstration surgeries otology
Prof. H. Skarżyński & Prof. P.H. Skarżyński, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland
10:00 – 10:30Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00Workshop 2
Assessment and intervention with the Duke Misophonia Questionnaire (DMQ), Duke Misophonia Inventory (DMI), and evidence-based transdiagnostic treatment planning
Dr. Zachary Rosenthal, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, USA
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:30Workshop 3
Overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for misophonia
Dr. Jane Gregory, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
14:30 – 14:45Coffee break
14:45 – 16:15Workshop 4
Differential diagnosis between misophonia and mental health disorders
Dr. Jaelline Jaffe, Private Practice, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
19:00 – 21:00Welcome networking meeting  
Monday, 16 September 2024, Warsaw
09:00 – 9:30Official opening of the conference
Prof. H. Skarżyński, Prof. P.H. Skarżyński, Dr. Hashir Aazh
9:30 – 10:30Keynote: Hyperacusis in Fragile X model of Autism and Chronic Stress-Induced Hyperacusis
Prof. Richard Salvi, Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

Keynote: The Neurochemistry of Decreased Sound Tolerance: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) study of Misophonia and Hyperacusis
Prof. Jamie Ward, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK  
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00Imaging Hyperacusis and Misophonia: Present and Future
Prof. Fatima T. Husain, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA  

Free papers
13:00 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 15:30Keynote: Mechanisms of loudness perception and their breakdown in hyperacusis
Prof.  Brian C.J. Moore, Cambridge Hearing Group, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK    

Free papers
15:30 – 16:00Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00Panel discussion
Physiological differences and similarities between hyperacusis and misophonia
Chair: Dr. Hashir Aazh and Dr. Mercede Erfanian
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, Warsaw
09:00 – 10:30The neurophysiological model for hyperacusis and misophonia
Prof. Pawel J. Jastreboff, Department Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Diagnosis and treatment of misophonia and hyperacusis based on the neurophysiological model
Prof. Margaret M. Jastreboff, Department Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Free papers
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00Noise sensitivity: Strategies for a systematic review
Prof. Karin Zimmer, Vechta University, Germany

Hyperacusis, noise sensitivity and decreased discomfort thresholds in younger and older adults with severe and profound hearing loss before and after CI – case series
Dr. Maria Huber, Paracelsus Medical University University Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disease, Salzburg, Austria

Hyperacusis and misophonia in the ASD population
Prof. Ali Danesh, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

Free papers
13:00 – 14:00Lunch  
14:00 – 15:30Examining Cognitive, Emotional, Auditory, and Family Functioning in Children with Misophonia
Dr. Anna Turek – Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland

Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy for Misophonia: a single-case study
Dr. Eleonora Natalini, Tinnitus Center, European Hospital, Rome, Italy

Investigating Cognitive Reappraisal as a Treatment for Misophonia
Dr. Marta Siepsiak, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland

Free papers
15:30 – 16:00Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00Panel discussion
Clinical management of hyperacusis and misophonia
Chair: Dr. Hashir Aazh and Dr. Mercede Erfanian