What’s the Worst Sound in the World? (Listen Here)

Here are the worst five sounds in the world, nails on a chalkboard is No. 5.
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What’s the Worst Sound in the World? (Listen Here)
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Tara MacIsaac
2/6/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Researchers at Newcastle University used magnetic resonance imaging  (MRI) scans to measure the response people had to sounds. They determined in 2012 the top five worst sounds in the world.

The first is a knife scraping against a glass bottle, and No. 5 is fingernails on a chalkboard. Listen to them all here.

 

1. Knife Scraping a Glass Bottle

 

2. Fork Scraping Against a Glass

 

3. Chalk on a Chalk Board

 

4. A Ruler on a Bottle

 

5. Fingernails on a Blackboard