Love

Baby's and children's laughter

Purring cats

Bird song

The clatter of dishes when the whole family is together.

Cuckoo clocks.

Hate

The doorbell

Loud aggressive arguments and fights

The answering machine when I'm phoning someone

Hearing the words we can't afford it.

Some of you have such long lists.

I like the sound of waves breaking at the beach but when there, I like the sights and smells better. I have no other particular likes and no dislikes. Unless this counts - I dislike the rain, so any sound that serves as a signal or reminder that's it's raining, is a reminder of that dislike. I don't dislike the sound, I dislike what it is a sound of.

I forgot two more: wild ducks quacking, and sandhill cranes overhead. That is suuuuch a cool sound.

Elmer, I’m so torn on rain. If I know it’s not going to make trouble, like flood or leak, I like the sound.

I like and dislike most of sounds others have listed. My most favorite are birds singing except for crows. I can't stand crows. I love wind rustling leaves in the trees.

I feel sorry for barking dogs. They do it because they are either lonely or untrained. I am more angry at the owner than dog.

love:

coyotes

nice wind chimes

owls

song birds

rip snortin' thunderstorms

my grandfather clock

contented snoring from my dogs

my all-time favorite is listening to my 4 year old grandson tell me the names of every match box car he has and listening to him reading a book makes me melt!

dislike:

dogs barking for hours on end

tornado sirens

politicians speaking

loud cars

breaking glass

Some "likes" not mentioned -- cows mooing in the field (normal mooing that is; I hate hearing any animal scared or in pain.) Train whistles.

I used to dislike hearing babies crying and fussing. But after having raised one of my own, I mostly feel relief that it's not "my" problem to deal with, so a loud baby doesn't bother me (unless there is indication that the responsible adult is abusive.)

I love.....birds chirping

laughter

church bells

Violins

Dislike....

Crying babies

Sudden loud noises

Ambulances

One of my likes, believe it or not...hearing someone in the neighborhood using a power tool. I have an incredible urge to go investigate....who's building something?

Waves crashing on the shore, leave rustling on the trees, loons calling on the lake, a lone wolf howling in the distance. ( Although it makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. It gives me such a primal reaction. Quite chilling in person.)

I dislike noise for the sake of making noise. Wind chimes, noisemakers, firecrackers

In general, I like quiet. Any sound annoys me if it goes on for too long. The sounds that bother me the most are dogs incessantly barking, paper tearing, talking heads yapping and crows cawing. Why can't they make a dentist's drill that is not so shrill or why don't they provide ear plugs to muffle it?

I have no idea when it started but my tinnitus sounds like sitting beside a pond or swamp listening to the small creatures singing. I like it and although I know if it went away I could probably hear things clearer I hope it does not.

I don't like certain sounds of anger in peoples voices nor the sound of a grinder being used to sharpen knives.

I love hearing children laughing; a children's choir; lawnmowers (as long as it's not me); the sound of crunchy leaves underfoot; rain; thunderstorms and perhaps oddly, the dishwasher. I feel lulled by the sound although it's not as satisfyingly loud as our older one! lol!

I dislike the sound of children crying; leaf blowers; TV noise, especially commercials (why are so many louder than the programs); loud motorcycle or car mufflers (can be heard a mile away); voices raised in anger.

I like the sound of a dog lapping up water -- surprisingly loud in the middle of the night. I loved the "thwap ... thwap ... thwap..." of our dog Roxy's tail as she wagged it ... beating faster and faster against the house or floor or whatever, as she became more excited. Another good sound: the pitter patter of little feet, be they two feet or four paws. Oh and owls calling in the night.

Like - peepers, cicadas, thunder

Don't like - loud cars, ums, upspeak

I love: the sound of a crackling fire, rain on the roof, waves on the beach, the foghorn in the bay, laughter. Mostly, I love the sound of silence.

I dislike: houseguests who want to talk first thing in the morning, screaming children, the noises of basketball games, someone eating crunchy food when everything else is quiet, cheap styrofoam coolers with squeaky lids, opera, heavy metal and rap. My late FIL used to hum under his breath constantly and it drove me wild. Whistling would do that, too.

seagrass

Sounds I love, birds singing, my dog‘s snoring, the dense quiet after a snowfall, children playing, the sound of a waterfall. I love listening to my DD & SIL have one of their funny conversations where they are mostly giggling. I always loved the sound of my husbands voice.

Sounds I hate, the dogs nonstop barking across the way, the smoke alarm, sirens, the crackling of plastic wrap while in a movie theater (especially when it’s from someone who’s sitting behind me), women yelling from the top of their lungs at their kids in the store, I don’t hate the sound of a honking horn but the rude inpatience of some people drives me batty, I hate the sound of drug commercials, the speed of which they ramble off all the ways a drug can hurt or kill you sends me over the edge. I have to turn it OFF.

I like the sound of rain and a crackling fire. I like the bossy meows the feral cats i feed yell at me when they are demanding food.

I like silence as well, though i also like background noise. I often have some sort of podcast or audiobook that i have heard a thousand times playing while i am at work, I am not necessarily listening, but i like the noise of it.

I used to love the sound of Sammys nails clipping against the floor when he was coming down the hall. I miss that dog so much.

I like the sound of snow underfoot, though its not something I hear a lot.

I hate screeching of any sort. I really hate the type of screeching that is completely ignored by the jaded mothers responsible for the child making the noise.

I can't watch any sort of debate or argument, because I really really cannot stand people talking at the same time or talking over each other. It drives me nuts.

I HATE eating noises. Excessive eating noises actually. There is NO NEED to SMACK SMACK SMACK. I swear people do that on purpose just to be obnoxious. I work with someone who, with EVERY bite of food goes "MMMM." Every bite. No one wants to hear you try to make a baby with that burger hon. Nothing taste that good. Knock it off.

The trains do not stop in our town anymore, but they still would blow the horn or whistle when they passed. The high ups in town decided to ask the company to make it a "Quiet Zone." I miss those sounds. They were present all my life. I felt comfort in the sound as something that never would change. But it did.

I like it when you encounter a lake or pond which has just frozen over. You skip a rock across the surface, which yields a most interesting sound.

Couple more dislikes:-

Snoring.

Someone blowing their nose.

Love: rain on the windows, the sound of my koi pond waterfall, birds singing, cats purring, ocean waves, train whistle from miles away.

Hate: gunshots, motorcycles, leaf blowers, barking dogs, screaming kids.

One of my favorite sounds is the first Swainson's Thrush I hear in the late spring. It's just a magical, melodious song coming from a bird you seldom see, but is hanging out in the background.

I love the sound of snow falling.

I also love the sound of a cat purring.

The sound of my grandson giggling in his sleep, or laughing uncontrollably at Calvin and Hobbes is another delight.

#1 irritating sounds for me, hands down, is barking dogs. Well below that but still annoying are leaf blowers, (I live in the forest and people build houses out here, blacktop 1/4 mile long driveway, then spend 20 hours a week trying to keep leaves off of it. Multiply that by the 20 houses I'm in hearing distance of....ugh!)

I have a neighbor who runs a chipper/shredder for recreation, so he's on the list, too. Oh, and personal watercraft like jet-skis are like giant mosquitos, out of control and ruining any pleasure one can get from the peaceful nature of being on the beach.

A sound that is annoying because it's so terrifying sounding and yet fascinating and wonderful because it's a rare treat to share your space with wildlife, is the sound of foxes claiming their territory, or searching for a mate or whatever it is they do at 4 a.m. that sounds like they are being eviscerated! And it goes on sometimes for hours and hours, with them screaming at other foxes far in the distance.

eta: I forgot sportscasters talking. They have a whole different way of speaking than other news people. There is an urgency in their voices that makes me feel really anxious

This one might divide the room:-

I love it when someone farts accidentally in a formal situation.

Come to think of it, I have very fond memories of my Nan doing this in pretty much any situation and always saying ‘Oh dear’ or ‘Oh I say!’ if it was extra loud.

Owww, one more I used to love, my guinea pigs little ‘wheeks’ or whistles, especially up close when my son used to sit them on my shoulder.

Ha, maddiemo, as I’ve been reading this thread that’s what I’ve been thinking to say! I’ve been around more than a half century and they’re still hysterical to me.

I wish I could like the sound of rain. But I’ve got multiple house issues that I can’t seem to resolve, so it exacerbates my hypertension.

Love the sound of snow under my snowboard. Don’t love the sound of ice.

Love the sound of a ship in the distance. Don’t love the sound of jet skis and small boats circling around endlessly.

Love the sound of muscle cars. Tuner cars, not so much.

Love the sound of helicopters. Drones irritate me.

Things I dislike hearing are,

High wind with storms

Loud music from a car

Target practice near my home

Loud vehicles of all kinds

Crying baby, that you can't pacify

Things I like to hear

Sounds of foxes

Wrens

Happy hens

Sounds from horses

Little girls squealing with happiness

Alyssa calling me Grandma Tater after I have called her Sweet Tater

I love the sound of wind in our sails. Literally, the boat has left the slip, we are out in the water, sails go up and engine goes off. Just the sound of the water on the hull and air moving past. Anhhh.

My dislikes are the same as e everyone else.

I love to listen to my parakeets twittering, The sound of the first Harleys on a nice spring day, that sound is so identifiable. .Hearing a Friday nite football game, the crowd, the music. Hearing those little glass windchimes from the 1950's

I thought of another one: marching bands. I love to hear them. We used to live close enough to a high school to hear them practicing after school.

I hate the sound of action movies. I don't watch them but others have them on the TV and the gunfire, car chases, explosions and the mandatory woman screaming hysterically.....all get on my nerves.

I love the sound of all bird noises and other sounds of nature.

I hate the loud sounds that people make like screeching and crying kids when I'm at a restaurant or in my backyard trying to enjoy nature and I hear the kids at live in the apartments behind our house being obnoxious! I cannot stand to hear someone's extremely loud music that apparently they think that everyone wants to hear, I mean who doesn't love loud rap music with every other word is profanity...right!? UGH! Or the beloved death/speed/thrash(that screaming and yelling type) metal "music", gads! I especially hate the sound of chainsaws when someone is cutting down a large beautiful oak tree that's probably a couple hundred years old...makes me want to cry! I wince when I hear a loud motorcycle or a car that has a loud exhaust. Annoyed when someone lets their dog bark for hours on end...mostly annoyed at the people that allow this to happen. I also do not like to hear wind chimes. I could go on....

I love the sounds animals make when they’re communicating. With each other or with us. Unless it’s distress of course.

I love hearing my baby grandson (all babies) practice vocalization. All the “bababa, gagaga, mamama” the squeals and giggles. I act the fool for him to hear one of those. Children talking and laughing is a very sweet sound.

I love the sounds of different languages or accents when speaking a different language.

As for snoring I used to dislike it very much. Now, I find it can lull me to sleep. I started thinking about what it would be like to not hear it beside me after a friend lost her husband. Ever since, it’s a comfort.

I live in the city. The hum sound doesn’t bother me. I can tune it out or hear it. That can be a weird kind of comforting sound. “The city that never sleeps” even during tough times. People deliberately being annoying is different. Loud mufflers and honking.

If I’m in the country, I don’t want to be near a busy road. Then, I find it bothers me.

One sound I really dislike is the sound of someone handling styrofoam.

I love the sound of church bells, thunder, waves, the wind (except when at the beach).

i don't know how i could have forgotten tree frogs. i just love the sound of tree frogs!!

I love a big thunderstorm. I find the sounds and flashes of lightning exhilarating.

I used to have tree frog in my yard in Venice. I caught them as tadpoles in Malibu Creek while hiking, and I had brought a jar to carry them in and then put in my pond. I didn't know what they were at the time, but after they became frogs, they moved into the orange tree next to my pond and started making loud noises, even at night. My neighbor asked me if I had gotten a dog, and I had to tell him about the tiny frogs. It was difficult to believe that such a tiny frog could be so loud. Eventually, the left, or died, but they did not leave offspring. If they had laid eggs in my pond, the goldfish would have eaten them.

I'm with you on disliking the sounds of action movies. We have surround sound with some large speakers, and the noises from the movies can be quite disturbing. It would be different if I wanted to watch the movies, but I don't.

Likes

The sound of a rain storm on the roof when I'm snug in my bed. Unfortunately that always leads me to thinking of those without a home and then hoping that they are staying dry.

cats purring and babies giggling.

Dislikes

I only have one huge dislike and that's wind chimes. Cannot stand listening to windchimes, they are an affront on my ears.

Some have mentioned children screaming or having a temper tantrum, it doesn't bother me because it's no longer my noise to deal with.

Generally I like the sounds of nature i.e. rain, babbling brooks, wavw crashing, birds singing, bullfrogs croaking, etc. Also love the sound of my grandson's laugh, and the crackle of a wood fire.

I detest the sounds of the city i.e. traffic, sirens, people yelling, buses, etc.

There are two nature sounds that make my hair stand on end, the scream of a Fisher Cat and the scream of a fox. They sound like human screams and always scare me out of a sound sleep.

The sound of gunshots is commonplace here between the hunters and the neighbors target practicing. Most of the time I don't even internalize it unless they are shooting muzzle loaders which are very loud.

I am also not a fan of the train whistle. The train crossing is about 2 miles from my house but every morning at 3:30 AM, they blow the whistle. It is loud. During the day I don't mind it but in the wee hoours of the morning it is annoying as we sleep with our windows open most of the time.

rain I like and grinding I don't.

Likes

Water - bubbling, crashing, dripping, falling, lapping, raining, etc. as long as it’s outside.

Birds - cawing, chirping, gobbling, hooting, singing, tweeting, whip-poor-willing & whistling

Hates

The sound of a chimney fire (I’ve experienced 3), roaring wind, a Tornado siren and the the eerie silence that sometimes accompanies the former two.

Loud music blaring from boats on the lake

I'll preface this by saying I love many 'nature' sounds that others have listed, so will just write ones I think are not already mentioned.

Sounds I enjoy:

- the sound of horses moving, whether they are galloping on a dirt path, or clip clopping along a cobblestone road, as you'd hear in an old city.

-the sound of swords clanging together in movies, or at Medieval Times.

-the sound of a woman's high heels walking on a marble floor. The sound of tap dancing.

- this one will sound weird, but here goes. I like the sound of the spent casings coming out of a machine gun or automatic weapon. It's not the the louder sound of the shots being fired that I like, only the metallic clang of the empty casings when they leave the cartridge and land. I've happily only heard this sound in movies, and am strictly attracted to the sound, not the arms themselves!

- the sound of church bells and windchimes if they are not the high pitched tinkling ones. My neighbours have one that sounds like low tone Corinthian wind chimes, and I love hearing it when I'm sitting on my back patio. https://www.urbannaturestore.ca/corinthian-bells-65-quot-windchime-6-tubes/

- the clack clack sound of typing on an old school manual typewriter.

- the sound of an old fashioned metal cigarette lighter being flicked, (although I've never had a cigarette in my life, lol)

Sounds I Hate:

- the sound of people slurping or chewing loudly.

- the sound of nails on a blackboard or on corrugated cardboard

-the sound of high pitched static you might hear, when you call a number no longer in service

Wow, It oddly just occurred to me that most of the enjoyable sounds I listed....a horses shoes on cobblestones, dueling swords, tap shoes, metal bullet casings when they land, church bells and windchimes, typewriter keys being used and metal cigarette lighters, seem to involve the sound of some form of metal touching another surface. Weird!

Since I have hyperacusis along with my hearing loss I love the sound of silence.

Amicus, you’ve got good ones. The only one I don’t know is the spent casing drop sound. I don’t watch action or army movies and thankfully have never heard it IRL.

All the metal sounds reminded me of one.

My father was a chef. When we had company he would cook. I remember the sound of him sharpening knives with the sharpening steel. There was a rhythm to it. What a great sound it was! It also meant a wonderful feast was in the making.

Love...

My cat purring, rain hitting awning, thunder, birds in the morning

Hate...

Vibration hum from neighbors ceiling fan, whistle from bathroom shower, children screaming for no reason, snoring, tv commercials, talk show guests interrupting, people using slang when talking

It just hit me last night how much I hate snoring - at least from my DH. I don't mind my dog's snoring but she is halfway across the bedroom on the floor in her dog bed, not right next to my ear. Thankful it is not every night, only when he is congested.

LOL ...ask Aunt Linda how much I hate wind chimes

ask Aunt Linda how much I hate wind chimes

I love good quality wind chimes and have a collection of six. But I understand we are all different, I keep mine indoors and brush past one when I feel like hearing it.

Love the sound of distant, rolling thunder.

Rain.

Most wind chimes, especially the tuned, deep toned ones. And some lightly tinkling glass ones.

Babies' happy giggles.

Owls hooting late at night, especially if the coyotes are howling at the same time.

Train whistles in the distance. The 'old timey' whistles when trains were coal powered and the whistles were steam. The current ones, not so much.

My most hated sound many would call music, but I call it horrendous, torturous screeching, bagpipes. Closely followed by electronic music boxes, especially those greeting cards that start screeching when you open them.

Children, or anyone for that matter, being excessively loud in a restaurant.

Sirens blaring from all the 'official' cars at the beginning of a parade.

High pitched voices.

I also have Tinnitus, and have lost a lot of my hearing. But I do not like to have any 'background' noise going on all day, I prefer quiet. TV, radio, music, etc., is on only when there is something I want to watch or listen to. I like quiet! Constant sound wear me out!

Rusty

Likes-

a crackling fire

the song of an approaching ice cream truck

trickling outdoor water fountains

The hum from hair dryers from the 60’s we wore that looked like a large shower cap and blew heat on your head

seagulls

carnival ride sounds

champagne cork popping

popcorn popping on the stove

my number being called at the DMV

Dislikes-

the sound my printer makes when it’s jammed

phones with a shrill ring

I know it’s been said multiple times but-screaming kids!

automatic phone robots-telemarketing or not getting a person when you call a company

sirens-always means something bad somewhere

a tire suddenly going flat

Lars ....I agree with YOUR list....here's one I'd like to add: Hate this laugh. My neighbor who used to be a doctor, then became a hospital administrator....laughs like this....VERY LOUDLY. ☺ I can hear him a block away when he's at another neighbors house. I can only imagine what that sounded like echoing in a hospital.

I can't bear it when I'm talking with someone on the phone and they are eating. I can hear. It goes right through me. It turns out that this is a kind of -- syndrome -- I don't remember where i read it but somebody studied it. It doesn't bother everybody. I seldom hear people chewing in person, maybe my hearing? I can't say that I notice. When I hear that on the phone, I'll say, "Are you eating?" and leave it at that. Nobody gets it though.