[sdiy] The eardrum and brownian motion

[Stephen Begin]

I guess this is getting OT, but is there any simple treatment for tinnitus,
and if so does it compromise your audible spectrum?  For as long as I can
remember I "hear" a sort of high pitched sound...sounds pretty much the same
as a tv or monitor.  I figured it was normal.
-steve



----- Original Message -----
From: "phillip m gallo" <philgallo at attglobal.net>
To: "synth diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "Mitchell Hudson"
<mitch at sirius.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:41 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] The eardrum and brownian motion


> Back in the '70's i was able to spend a good deal of time in a studio that
> was light tight and proof to external sound to a very great degree.  My
> experience was that your hearing is adaptive.
>
> Initially when external sound is removed you immediately deal with the
> "emotional" issues involved with the omission of audio "cue's" as to the
> locations of walls and the depth of a room.  Your (or at least my) ear
> starts to "auto-range" as if it is "searching" for sound.  As time goes by
> you hear the rushing of blood (through your ear i am guessing) and your
> heartbeat at very loud levels.  Continued time spent this way causes you
to
> either accept and "intellectually" cancel this sound or your ear ramps the
> volume down again to where it no longer seems so predominate.
Interestingly
> you eyes seem to do something quite similar in that at first you see
"black"
> soon followed by short "flashes" of pin point color.  This also slowly
> attenuates until you start to see black.
>
> An hour spent in this condition is very restful and contemplative with
> familiarity not really changing the above sensory reactions but allow
> comfort to be achieved more quickly.
>
>
> Notably, i did not hear a "high pitched" squeal or tone.  Anyone subject
to
> this may consider being tested for tinnitus.
>
>
> regards,
> p
>
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