It isn't just a hatred for certain sounds. We have been conditioned to respond to some of them, either through work, or just life. A phone ringing noise in a commercial gets your attention, for instance.
One incident I had involved an ER visit. The beeping on the pulse monitor was exactly the same pitch as the gas detector alarms where I had worked for over a decade. The nurse was wondering why my pulse rate was elevated and my BP was up (high for me). I told her if she could shut off that beep, it would go back to normal, and then explained why. She looked at me funny (I get that a lot), but did, and my BP and heart rate subsided.
