Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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This link has some interesting information on tinnitus. Thanks for directing my attention to it. (You know who you are )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32414876
The Fortean aspect being, of course, that people who hear strange sounds, especially 'The Hum', are often assumed to be suffering from tinnitus. As apparently they will before long be able to track the brain activity resulting from tinnitus then it should be possible - eventually - to get a more accurate idea of whether a noise someone hears is external or generated by their own brain.
I myself, as I have mentioned elsewhere, have been suffering from 'hissing in the ears' for a while now, and the medicos are currently evaluating me to find out whether I have tinnitus or something else. It might be interesting to find out what people who suffer from 'ringing in the ears' think it sounds like - mine is currently a steady loud hiss like escaping steam, but it seems to change over weeks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32414876
The Fortean aspect being, of course, that people who hear strange sounds, especially 'The Hum', are often assumed to be suffering from tinnitus. As apparently they will before long be able to track the brain activity resulting from tinnitus then it should be possible - eventually - to get a more accurate idea of whether a noise someone hears is external or generated by their own brain.
I myself, as I have mentioned elsewhere, have been suffering from 'hissing in the ears' for a while now, and the medicos are currently evaluating me to find out whether I have tinnitus or something else. It might be interesting to find out what people who suffer from 'ringing in the ears' think it sounds like - mine is currently a steady loud hiss like escaping steam, but it seems to change over weeks.