USA, Brock · 2019-03-15 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive
Low hum no one else around me can hear. Sound is amplified when i lay my head against a pillow. I wish the sound would go away. I am a person that hate the ticking of a clock so my house has nothing but digital clocks. An extremely repetitive noise drives me bonkers.
What they reported
First noticed: 2018
Pitch: The tone generator would not give me a low enough tone to match it to what i am hearing
Loudest: During the night
Where: Indoors
Symptoms: Insomnia, Sense of vibration, Anxiety
Changes with weather: No
What stood out: a low hum
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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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.
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