@Zen An external noise bothering us world wide would present a far larger variety of symptoms
I don't follow this logic- surely 'its' subtle side effect nature is in keeping with a 'threshold effect ' rather than an illness tendency as suggested. The very fact that there are no other methods of pickup of hum is a measure of its iniquitous nature and really just makes it harder to nail- rather than explain it away IMO! I can't think what 'other effects' would show -if the only thing picked up is 'ultra marginal' and most likely unintended*. *At least , I hope that's the case ! On Dec 11, 10:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you so much for your replies, gentlemen, and the link you've > provided, Geoff, has truly cheered me up - thanks! > > The fact that the hum shows such 'classic' symptoms, repeated > worldwide, overwhelmingly suggests to me that it is a phenonmenon > within the human head and nothing to do with anything external, just > as chicken pox sufferers have the same symptoms the world over. Our > human bodies are far more similar than different so if we are all > experiencing the same symptoms, we all have the same 'disease'. An > external noise bothering us world wide would present a far larger > variety of symptoms, surely? > > I'm only 42 and have read that I'm not really supposed to hear the hum > until I'm over 50 so I may have many years of it to suffer. I'm > delighted therefore that I found this site and that very helpful link, > Geoff - at one point I could see myself spending far too much time > trying to identify external causes - now I know I just have to learn > to deal with it. > > Incidentally, I did have a very large brain tumour removed from the > humming side of my head (six years ago); I recovered quickly and > completely but it has left a cavity the size of an orange in my head - > don't know if that would add anything to the likelihood of a hum. I'd > be interested to add to any statistics of hum sufferers as I can see I > fit into the 26% of those with injuries on the John Dawes site - if > anyone knows of any current survey I can add to. I'm in South West > England by the way, half a mile from Bristol - it was vague memories > of the Bristol Hum that got me investigating. > > Cheers, > Lydia > > On 10 Dec, 20:08, "Geoff Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:hum- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, 11 December 2008 12:31 a.m. > > > To: Hum Sufferers > > > Subject: Re: TRACING THE HUM/Article Epoch Times(John Dawes) > > > > As a rationalist and materialist, Geoff, and someone who's only > > > recently tuned into The Hum, I'm interested in your diagnosis of LF > > > tinnitus. > > > That is refreshing ;-! > > > > Details about tinnitus in general don't bear any relation to my hum (a > > > low drone, fluctuating, heard during the night but only on some > > > nights, > > > Similar to mine then . Agree not anything like the sound of common tinnitus. > > > Tuesdays particularly bad at the moment (I have to get up > > > > earlier than usual on Wednesdays which could be an explanation), > > > Following a more stressful part of the week maybe ? > > > > splutters out often in early hours, as if it's been switched off, no > > > obvious external cause. Feels like a vibration in the right-hand > > > side of my head, rather than an actual sound - if I 'listen' out for > > > it I can't hear it but then it suddenly emerges from the back, rather > > > than from my ear. > > > I sometimes get it in one, and other times in both ears. Last time I had it > > in left ear only - when inserting finger it changed from Hum to a physical > > spasming. > > > >I gave up caffeine twenty years ago so this is not > > > a contributor but recently I have correlated the sound to be worse > > > when I've had alcohol. > > > I am still on about 5 coffees a day. No Hum at present, but I have regular > > tinnitus in my right ear, which I imagine gets worse after a glass or two of > > wine . > > > >I can cope with it better when I've had a > > > chamomile tea and some celery and peanut butter (for the tryptophans) > > > shortly before bedtime - I still hear it but it is not so bothersome. > > > I have never had tinnitus but always had rather sensitive ears - I > > > hate thunder and fireworks and have used ear plugs for years. Ear > > > plugs make The Hum worse, of course - I have to take them out to > > > minimize my awareness of the vibration.) > > > My ears have become more sensitive to noise in general ( complicated by easy > > internal blockage) which is normal with increasing age, evidently. > > > > This is the best explanation I've read so far though I admit it's not > > > very satisfying. When I first started hearing the hum on a regular > > > basis about three months ago I was convinced it was external and > > > extremely frustrated by my husband's insistence that it was all in my > > > head (simply because he couldn't hear it). Having experimented and > > > found how much worse it is when I am stressed, tired and drink sodden, > > > It is especially frustrating when the Hum you hear is so loud and clear that > > you cannot believe that others cannot hear it ! > > > > I am more inclined to accept that it might be in my head though I find > > > this difficult as it makes me sound a bit of a nutter. > > > You want to see some real nutters, just hang around here for a bit ! It > > certainly is 'in your head', but not in a nutter sense - it is a real sound, > > but just not one generated and propagated by he usual means ! > > > > I'm also > > > baffled by the way it seems to turn off, as if by a switch - around > > > 5.00 a.m. last night. Just wondering if you have found an explanation > > > for that part of it in your low frequency tinnitus diagnosis, > > > I have had it switching on and off every 5 seconds for a few minutes once. > > This was around the time of the finger-ear-spasm-thing, but did not seem to > > be related to anything physical I was doing at the time ( layiong still !). > > > > I think the more I have an explanation for The Hum, the more I'll be > > > able to dismiss it - at the moment, I try to convince myself to > > > believe that I've left the tumble dryer on. > > > Not helpful, because things like that can cause real measurable audible (by > > everybody hums, and just confuse the whole matter.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. 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