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From: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: "that funny buzz"
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.154304.22725@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 15 Feb 91 15:43:04 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.195611.29298@rfengr.com>
Reply-To: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Organization: Environment Canada
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In article <1991Feb14.195611.29298@rfengr.com> vather@pnet12.rfengr.com (Trevor Smith) writes:
>
>        Could the individuals that are hearing this give more examples please,
>because it sounds almost like what you are refering to is the ambient noice of
>of air that we can hear in our ears (hieghten to the mainstream occurance of
>listening to a sea shell), or just ordinary vibration of "things" around us. 
>Does this occur no matter where you go; ie. city, county, top of buildings,
>day, night, etc.?
>
>                Interested individual,
>                                        Lucas MacVather.
>
>UUCP: ucsd!serene!pnet12!vather
>INET: vather@pnet12.rfengr.com

 I think what is being referred to is "tinitus" (sp?), which, I understand
 can be so severe that OTHER people can hear it. Its not from things
 around us but is produced by the ear itself.
-- 
Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         2121 N. Service Rd.        
phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca     Dorval,Quebec             
Environment Canada         CANADA           H9P1J3