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Wood Grain Devotee
I don't know why I have not thought of this before, especially since I have this little problem that has dogged me for years.
Tinnitus, def. : a sensation of noise (as a ringing or roaring) that is caused by a bodily condition (as a disturbance of the auditory nerve or wax in the ear) and typically is of the subjective form which can only be heard by the one affected.
Well, in my case it's not really ringing, but a constant high-pitched tone that never, ever stops. Mine came about, I'm sure, from my 4 year tenure aboard the USS Constellation during the Vietnam era. It was an aircraft carrier. Yes, was, because it has since been mothballed. Back in the day, we made 3 WestPac cruises. There's a lot of noise on board one of these bird farms. Not just from the engines roaring during take-off, but when they come in and hook that arresting cable. That's when the huge clutches kick in with a simply incredible KA-WHAM!!! Yes, we had the Mickey Mouse hearing protectors, but if you were anywhere within 1 or 3 decks of the flight deck you could absolutely not stop yourself from jumping, even when you knew exactly when it was coming. It was literally a physical assault on your auditory system.
So, all this is a prelude. Nowadays, I sing in the church choir, play handbells, and run the church sound system when it's my turn. Funnily enough, I have no problem staying in tune despite the tone in my head. Well, I finally had the idea that with the wonders of the Internet nowadays, there must be some way to find out just what the frequency of that sound is. And here it is: courtesy of the Online Tone Generator dot com. The exact frequency, as close as I can determine is: http://onlinetonegenerator.com/?freq=9950, with the volume at about 30%. Very close to 10K. By the way, you can click that link to hear what I cannot clean out of my head.
There are also a number of other neat features, including a hearing test if you want to hear just how high a frequency that you can hear. It also has an instrument tuner for guitar, ukelele, etc... .
Anybody else out there curious to hear what you're NOT missing? Let's hear it (pun intended). :flute:
Tinnitus, def. : a sensation of noise (as a ringing or roaring) that is caused by a bodily condition (as a disturbance of the auditory nerve or wax in the ear) and typically is of the subjective form which can only be heard by the one affected.
Well, in my case it's not really ringing, but a constant high-pitched tone that never, ever stops. Mine came about, I'm sure, from my 4 year tenure aboard the USS Constellation during the Vietnam era. It was an aircraft carrier. Yes, was, because it has since been mothballed. Back in the day, we made 3 WestPac cruises. There's a lot of noise on board one of these bird farms. Not just from the engines roaring during take-off, but when they come in and hook that arresting cable. That's when the huge clutches kick in with a simply incredible KA-WHAM!!! Yes, we had the Mickey Mouse hearing protectors, but if you were anywhere within 1 or 3 decks of the flight deck you could absolutely not stop yourself from jumping, even when you knew exactly when it was coming. It was literally a physical assault on your auditory system.
So, all this is a prelude. Nowadays, I sing in the church choir, play handbells, and run the church sound system when it's my turn. Funnily enough, I have no problem staying in tune despite the tone in my head. Well, I finally had the idea that with the wonders of the Internet nowadays, there must be some way to find out just what the frequency of that sound is. And here it is: courtesy of the Online Tone Generator dot com. The exact frequency, as close as I can determine is: http://onlinetonegenerator.com/?freq=9950, with the volume at about 30%. Very close to 10K. By the way, you can click that link to hear what I cannot clean out of my head.
There are also a number of other neat features, including a hearing test if you want to hear just how high a frequency that you can hear. It also has an instrument tuner for guitar, ukelele, etc... .
Anybody else out there curious to hear what you're NOT missing? Let's hear it (pun intended). :flute:
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