[sdiy] The eardrum and brownian motion

[groovyshaman at snet.net]

Is this high-pitched "hum" not some form of Tinitus?  As I understand it,
there are 10 different types:

1) eardrum damage (I have this in my left ear)
2) middle ear problems
3) sinus and allergies
4) Cochlea damage
5) Auditory Nerve damage
6) high cholesterol
7) stress, trauma, depression (like not finding your next contract!<g>)
8) medicinal drugs, heavy metal poisoning (follows from 7<g>)
9) viral infections
10) TMJ - Temporo-Mandibular Joint problems

George

----- Original Message -----
From: Mitchell Hudson <mitch at sirius.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] The eardrum and brownian motion


> speaking of this I remember reading an interview with John Cage. He
> was talking about going into a room at some university that sound
> proof. He goes in and come out a while later and talks to the tech.
>
> He says I'm in a sound proof room but I am hearing two noises, first
> is a high pitched hum and the second is a very low pitched cycle. The
> tach says the first sound is the sound of the electrical noise from
> your nervous system and the other is your heart beat.
>
> This is just what I remember feel free to correct add to this, I'm
> sure I'm missing something. I too hear that high pitched sound and had
> often wondered where it was coming from!
>
> --M
>
> On Friday, October 4, 2002, at 10:03 AM, Tim Ressel wrote:
>
> > Yo,
> >
> > Fascinating. Brings up something I discovered a while
> > back: if one stays in a completely dead room i.e.
> > anechoic chamber, after a few minutes it starts to
> > freak you out. Then I think about all these noise
> > generators you can buy that creates white noise to
> > sooth you. Perhaps there is something here.
> >
> > Then there is the topic of the qualities of the noise.
> > Level, spectrum, distribution...
> >
> > I recall the lunches I'd spend in the hills above my
> > place of work. Get on the Rice Burner, grab a burger,
> > and eat it along side a burbling brook while looking
> > at the trees. Very nice.
> >
> > --TR