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East Providence, RI 02915 · 2018-03-25 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in East Providence, RI 02915

A sublineal hum that once you hear it you can always hear it - you are aware of its presence mostly sounds like the hum of a vacuum - and sometimes like machinery underground - I have been hearing it for several years - mostly as an underground hum - but this past year it has become more like above ground vacuum hum - never stops - its there 24/7 just sometimes louder than others - it is annoying and sometime makes me irritable without realizing I am getting so . . . I haven't heard the hum - like an engine running under the ground of house- in over the past several months - it could still be there - but this new hum started close to a year ago and maybe overrides the ground sound - I will try to notice if I am hearing the hum from underground . Most nights I go to sleep listening to a talk show on the radio to mask the sound so I can relax and sleep

What they reported

First noticed: 2012

Pitch: Triangle

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Ear discomfort (pain, fullness, throbbing)

Changes with weather: no

What stood out: a low hum

 

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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.