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If the sound of someone chewing gum or slurping their tea gets on your nerves, there may be a scientific explanation for your irritation, a study has revealed.

A new study reveals that about one in five people have misophonia, which is a strong negative reaction to every day noises, like chewing, breathing, and yawning. The reaction may be most severe when the sounds are coming from a loved one, like your partner.

New research suggests 20 per cent of us suffer high-stress reactions to everyday sounds.

Most of us can relate to that intense, spine-shuddering feeling of repulsion when hearing someone scrape their nails down a chalkboard.

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The University of Oxford has worked with King’s College London on the study which has explored misophonia.

MailOnline has created an interactive test that indicates whether you have misophonia - a strong dislike or hatred of certain sounds.

New research suggests one in five of us suffer high-stress reactions to everyday sounds – these audio clips could show if you're one of them

The study said lot of people affected by the condition did not know the term that described it.

A new study published in the journal PLOS One has shown that nearly one in five people in the UK are affected by misophonia.