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Lancashire, North England · 2020-01-01 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Lancashire, North England

Low deep hum, heard mostly at night as I'm a poor sleeper it wakes me up, been happening a number of years now, need to sleep with a fan on to cancel the noise out. My oldest son has Asperger's but says he never heard a hum, though he is hearing sensitive to vacuum cleaner, washing machine ect. My youngest daughter who is 5 is also noise sensitive she hears it too. I don't know if this is tied in with this study but I an RH negative.

What they reported

First noticed: Before 1990

Pitch: Most to the left of the slider, with a mostly sine but sometimes triangle variation 440 hrtz

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Ear discomfort (pain, fullness, throbbing), Headache, Insomnia, Nausea, Sense of vibration, Anxiety

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.