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Decreased Sound Tolerance in Autism: A Clinical-Phenomenological Study.

Nicolás Vega¹, Constanza Vega²

¹Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, nvegac4@correo.uss.cl.

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|May 21, 2026

Summary

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Decreased sound tolerance in adults with autism is an embodied and relational auditory experience. This phenomenological study reveals how overwhelming sounds impact perception and being, offering new insights into autism.

Keywords:

Autism Decreased sound tolerance Embodiment Phenomenology Sensory processing Subjective experience

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Area of Science:

Phenomenological psychology
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) research
Sensory processing studies

Background:

Decreased sound tolerance (DST) is a common yet understudied experience in individuals with autism.
DST can be viewed phenomenologically as a unique mode of auditory engagement with the world.
This study explores how adults with autism navigate overwhelming or invasive auditory environments.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the lived experiences of adults with autism regarding decreased sound tolerance.
To understand how individuals with autism perceive, interpret, and inhabit their auditory world.
To explore the phenomenological aspects of auditory hypersensitivity in autism.

Main Methods:

Recruited eight adults with autism through social media for in-depth, semi-structured interviews.
Verified autism diagnoses using DSM-5 criteria, informed by clinical phenomenology and philosophy of perception.
Analyzed interview data using Amedeo Giorgi's phenomenological method for eidetic synthesis.

Main Results:

Participants described DST as an embodied and relational shift, with certain sounds being intrusive.
Experiences of DST fluctuated with emotional state, fatigue, and predictability, often requiring recalibration.
Despite challenges, participants reported heightened auditory clarity and a distinctive way of engaging with sound.

Conclusions:

DST in autism may represent a modification in embodied perception and auditory attunement, not just sensory alteration.
Phenomenologically, DST reflects a unique relational configuration with the auditory world, impacting embodiment and intersubjectivity.
Findings contribute to understanding autism psychopathology, highlighting auditory experience's role in lived presence and social connection.