Hello Ralph, Thank you for an interesting post. The fact that you can temporarily remove the Hum by movements of the head is quite common, however your experiences with laying down are very similar to my own.
If I lay on front or back the Hum is still present but much less that laying on either side. If, as often happens, I am awakened in the early hours in a numbed state, I find that I laying on my left side. Moving to laying front or back improves the situation and reduces the Hum level but the effect is not instant, there is a time lag of about five to ten minutes before the improvement takes place Some time ago I received an email from a Hum sufferer lining in Australia who was adamant that sleeping in a hammock reduced the Hum level and gave a better night’s sleep. I am now wondering if this was due to the hammock itself, or whether sleeping in a hammock forces one to sleep on the back On Jun 28, 8:45 pm, "R.D." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, FYI here is what I have experience on the hum. > > I became more sensitive to low frequency sound especially those what I call > boom boom stereo cars, I can hear them from miles away. This indicates I am > unfortunately more sensitive to low frequency sounds. I have very good > hearing BTW, maybe too good I guess. > > Too much alcohol makes it worse but elimination of it over months has no > significant decrease of it. > > Laying down makes it worse. Its worse some nights but I think its just more > noticed late at night when its more quiet. > > Stress of the day makes it worse. > > Caffeine seems to have little effect. > > It seems to be least at a sandy shore town and worst in some granite mountain > areas but not all of them. The worst I ever experienced it was at the base of > Stowe VT USA in a basement room of a single home. It was hot and we slept in > the basement bedrooms, I figured it was on some sort of electrical line or > something but now I know better. > > Its not a circulatory issue as I recently had heart and neck artery tests and > they are all clear and open. > > Lately I have been waking up either unrefreshed or tired and a little dizzy > and sometimes hot. I always figured it was old age and a bit of sleep apnea, > but using a "pure sleep" mouth piece pretty much eliminates any snoring but > can make the dizziness worse and sleeping without it actually can reduce the > dizziness for me. Sleeping with two pillows helps too. I tried nasal > decongestants to open up nasal passages more and that helps with breathing > but had no effect on the hum. > > Sometimes I just go to sleep thinking I am on a cruise ship with the engines > humming. > > Moving my head quickly seems to make the hum vanish for a split second, and > the only physical reason this could have an effect is the inner ear fluid > moving around. So this cold indicate a real stimulus to the inner ear hairs > is being caused? > > I am now thinking that there is some inner ear cause or heightened > sensitivity for the hum. I am told there is a slight fluid visible in my ear > drum by my doctor and will see a specialist about the sound and any cause in > my sinuses and ear canal. He also said the outer ear canal goes up at a steep > angle in my head rather than more straight in. I have no ear wax issues and I > rinsed out my ears with a warm water stream and this made the dizziness > worse. Had no effect on the hum though, just could hear pins drop better. > > I recently bought a trifield EMF meter and can not find and link to the hum > and EMF readings. > > My hum is usually not that bad but has no direction and resonates like a wave > form to me. It seems to be below 60 HZ but I have not tried to resonate it > with a wave form generator to determine the exact wavelength. But it should > be easy to do so with an iPod app, will look for one. > > If it is really bad try sleeping with noise canceling active headphones and > some pleasant iPod music. If I find more info on it will send. > > Thanks for your postings. > Sincerely, > Ralph -- 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.
