It appears that the sound of scratching fingernails on a chalkboard is extremely irritating to most people. How many of you are affected this way? It never affected me because I was born with a hearing defect, but that is not my point. There are other sounds that do affect me in a way that appears to be the same level of irritation others have to fingernails on a chalkboard. Some of the sounds that affects me so strongly is someone eating with their mouth open and the sound of children, especially when screaming is almost totally intolerable. Do any of you have sounds that affect you that strongly?
There is actually a field of study pertaining to the sound of fingernails on a chalkboardsychoacoustics.
There is actually a field of study pertaining to the sound of fingernails on a chalkboardsychoacoustics.