Hi tiss, sorry to hear that you are yet another hum sufferer. I am in Scotland and had the hum for over a decade now.
First of all you have realised you do not have tinitus, as thats more or less constant and internal, wheras you have noticed you hear it in the house and not outside, yet, just step in you hear, step out you do not. Thats the hum alright. Secondly, at least your husband is understandable about it, it took years till my family believed me, that I could hear an inaudable (to them) low frequency sound, and worse the ground vibration through my pillow at night. Thirdly the hum tends to hit at middle age, and you can hear thew hum in one ear or both ears (its my right ear only for me). As for moving house, sorry, forget it, this hum is everywhere, worldwide, but I do think the type of ground (sandy soil good, rock bad) and the structure of your home (single glazing good, double glazing bad, the shape of your rooms, big room good, long narrow corridor bad)) has an effect on intensity, but you can get relief for a while if you go on holiday as you get the holiday effect where it takes your body a while to catch up with the hum effects, maybe a day or two, then its back. You get the same when you return home. This is one of the theories that the hum has a magnetic effect, and by moving to another region, the magnetic are slightly different and the body has to catchup to be in tune (resonance) with the hum. Try not to get to bogged down trying to find the culprit of the hum be it man made, natural or a combination of both, your main priority is to combat the hum and make defences against it. The hum is never constant, it can be high, medium or low, it can also have off days, and especially during stormy weather, it can go away for days. Your best defence is foam earplug, that fills in the ear cavity. Also fans, radio, white noise, or those nature sound making machines (I have that as wavewsounds are best, it also has rain sounds and bird/forest sounds Make is 'Wellcare Naturecare relaxation model we686' For the last few years I have used a cacium diet, that means reduced milk and dairy products and no cheese, and it has reduced the hum intensity a lot, you can read about it in this forum (heading 'calcium diet to reduce hum effects', but watch the warning regarding 'women - brittle bones', but with caution you may be able to use this type of diet, which may help you). link.... https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hum-sufferers/GdfIXiwIgQM Don't let it get you down, cheers Mack, Central Scotland. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
