Re: [SLUG] Computer noise and Tinnitus

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 12 2005 - 19:23:35 EST


On 12/12/05, Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> >I have it, hear the sound of escaping air 24x7. I have learned to live with it.
> >Got it from flying old noisy airplanes. Should have used ear plugs...
> >
> >Guess there is not much to be done but learn to live with it. Now if it was
> >something that killed artist and other hollywood types we would have a
> >fix for it...
> >
> >
>
> Mine is more of a high-pitched whine. A constant sine wave tone of
> ~10000hz or so (crazy, but true).
>
> Thankfully, my brain usually filters it out as background noise unless I
> think about it.
>
> After the TinnitusTamer sessions, I can't hear it for a while, even if I
> try to.
>

Mine is "wide band" sounds like a hiss like a gas leak, it peaks at about
4k8 Hz. It is just there. I have learned to not let it bother me though I would
like for it to go away.

--
Chuck Hast
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."

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