Dr. Jennifer Jo Brout

Dr. Jennifer Jo Brout is the Founder of the original Sensory Processing and Emotion Regulation program at Duke University (now the Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation) and the Misophonia Research Network (MRN). She is a New York State Certified School Psychologist, a Connecticut Professional Licensed Counselor, and holds a Doctorate in School/Clinical-Child Psychology. Disappointed by her own experiences with the state of the field when seeking help for her own child in 1999, Dr. Brout began efforts to establish better research practice, improved diagnosis, and innovative clinical practice related to auditory over-responsivity, now termed misophonia. Dr. Brout has been at the forefront of research and clinical practice in this area for two decades. She volunteers at the misophonia advocacy organization, So Quiet, where she serves on the scientific advisory board and clinical action committee. Dr. Brout also writes a blog called "Noises Off" for Psychology Today, about misophonia and related issues. She is also the mother of adult triplets and is a misophonia sufferer herself.