***Noise Phobia***

***Noise phobia ***

Phobia....
Take a deep breath, this is not eerie, stop been scared! Are you still in fear?
That's exactly what phobia means, fear.

This is a fear of loud Noises or sound.It is the irrational fear of a stimuli due to the assumption that the stimuli is harmful or dangerous. this results in a SNS (synthetic nervous system)response noises that cause phobia are mostly Thunder storm,imbalance frequency of sounds.

Noise phobia has many names such as Ligyrophobia,acousticophobia,sonophobia or phonophobia.Most of these words are gotten or derived from Greek word "loud noises or sound alarm".Noise phobia is not a common phobia but has a strong effect on young and old.

       Since the creation of mankind the fear of loud sound has been inbuilt in human.Noise phobia can affect human by hindrance of an individual from certain sounds or fervent exposure to particular sound which causes sensitisation.

Sonophobia mostly occurs in the early stage of life most sonophobia that occurs later in life occurs in animals facing dementia.
Children with sonophobia have incidents that corelate with the sound which makes it to be etched with their minds.Adults suffering from Noisephobia have underlying issues and reasons associated with the phobia
Noise phobia shares a number of signs with anxiety disorder.Signs of Sonophobia are pacing,hiding or seeking covers,desire to flee,intense fear of loud sound, irregular heartbeat,fainting,severe mood swings after hearing the loud sound.

There is no sure or proven treatment for phonophobia but popular therapies have been proven useful to help in curing phonophobia.Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are among the most popular they can be used along side prescriptive medication to help reduce anxiety and ease stress.
In no case should Phonophobia be compared with hyperacusis (over-sensitivity to some sounds) or misophonia (strong reaction to certain sounds)