Dear ? Many thanks for your reply. I live in SW London but the question is why has this sensitivity (if this is what it is) only manifested itself recently. I think I read on 'The Hum' site that it is most common in people over the age of 50? Surely that must signal that it has something to do with age related changes to the body? Is it a bit like developing an allergy with no apparent reason? And if it is my specific sensitivity then why have I not noticed it elsewhere?
If it wasn't that this interference was so irritating (and when it effects sleep quite debilitating) it would be quite fun to think of oneself as being super sensitive, like whales and dolphins! I try very hard not to get fixated on it but I I love the sound of absolute silence (well I used to) in the same way that I love to be in absolute darkness so creating constant ambient noise will just be irritating to me. I hate anything in my ears so ear plugs are out but maybe I will install a hi fi in my bedroom and listen to music when going to sleep? I did comtemplate going to my GP last year - perhaps I still ought to go just to record the problem within the mainstream health system - I wonder what she would say - it would be interesting to see if she had come across it before? Have you contacted anyone else about it e.g. The Low Frequency Noise Sufferers Association? Hope you sleep well! Jane On May 24, 7:27 am, [email protected] wrote: > Hello Jane. Whereabouts are you? > It's a bit rich for Merton to say that Hum sufferers are mad seeing > that he was out of his tree a few years back ostensibly on malaria > medication. I move between abodes in the UK and the hum is prevalent > in both and elsewhere in the country You me and millions of others > pick this up worldwide, and indeed I have *heard* it here and on the > other side of the world too. It's cause is arguable as is how to find > relief from it. It's not ordinary sound, but is sensed as such, and > when it's up high and can be felt as well. Normal ambient sound > overrides the Hum so something going in the background will alleviate > it, a fan being the most common form of relief. I use an earplug in > one ear which for some reasons reduces the Hum's effect. My personal > belief as to it's cause is that it's a transmission of a kind that > some living creatures like humans, whales, dolphins etc pick up. > > Here in NE london it's been 'on ' for most of the night, about 5/6 on > the intensity scale, now fading as the day progresses. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
