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  2. Hyperacusis - Wikipedia

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    Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound and a low tolerance for environmental noise. Definitions of hyperacusis can vary significantly; it often revolves around damage to or dysfunction of the stapes bone, stapedius muscle or tensor tympani ().

  3. Frustration - Wikipedia

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    Having a low frustration tolerance is related to trait anger and a higher level of frustration tolerance is related to lower levels of anger and longer persistence on difficult tasks. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] For example, a child with a high frustration tolerance may be able to deal with repeated challenges and failures without experiencing significant ...

  4. Tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Central tolerance, a mechanism by which newly developing T cells and B cells are rendered non-reactive to self; Immune tolerance in pregnancy or gestational/maternal immune tolerance; Low frustration tolerance, a concept in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy; Pain tolerance, the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate

  5. Low frustration tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Low frustration tolerance (LFT), or "short-term hedonism," is a concept utilized to describe the inability to tolerate unpleasant feelings or stressful situations.It stems from the feeling that reality should be as wished, and that any frustration should be resolved quickly and easily.

  6. Misophonia - Wikipedia

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    Misophonia (or selective sound sensitivity syndrome) is a disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli, or cues.These cues, known as "triggers", are experienced as unpleasant or distressing and tend to evoke strong negative emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses not seen in most other people. [8]

  7. Engineering tolerance - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a shaft with a nominal diameter of 10 mm is to have a sliding fit within a hole, the shaft might be specified with a tolerance range from 9.964 to 10 mm (i.e., a zero fundamental deviation, but a lower deviation of 0.036 mm) and the hole might be specified with a tolerance range from 10.04 mm to 10.076 mm (0.04 mm fundamental ...

  8. Zero tolerance - Wikipedia

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    NYPD Times Square sign. A zero-tolerance policy is one which imposes a punishment for every infraction of a stated rule. [1] [2] [3] Zero-tolerance policies forbid people in positions of authority from exercising discretion or changing punishments to fit the circumstances subjectively; they are required to impose a predetermined punishment regardless of individual culpability, extenuating ...

  9. Toleration - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture Für Toleranz ("for tolerance") by Volkmar Kühn, Gera, Germany . Toleration is when one allows or permits an action, idea, object, or person that they dislike or disagree with. Political scientist Andrew R. Murphy explains that "We can improve our understanding by defining 'toleration' as a set of social or political practices and ...