Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

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NEW YORK - There are certain sounds that really get to some people, like chewing of gum or breathing loudly. These noises may be annoying, but for some folks, it's bigger than that. Sounds such as ...

I'm a fairly calm person, but one thing that launches me into a fit of rage is the sound of my husband chewing. I can't say whether his chewing differs in a demonstrable way from other people's ...

“The noises have been pretty overwhelming,” the teen said of loud chewing and talking at the dinner table Getty Stock Images A Reddit user vented about her family’s loud chewing at the dinner table — ...

There’s something amusing about the rules we unconsciously bend for our pets. Behaviors that would instantly annoy us in ...

Gamers, remote workers, and others who annoy others with chewing Doritos during their calls have a new tool to silence the noise. Doritos Silent, made by the PepsiCo-owned chip brand, cancels the ...